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- Dictionaryindisposed/ˌɪndɪˈspəʊzd/
adjective
- 1. slightly unwell: "my mother is indisposed" Similar Opposite
- 2. averse; unwilling: "the potential audience seemed indisposed to attend" Similar Opposite
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1. People who are indisposed are often unavailable. – ScotM. Jan 29, 2015 at 17:20. "Indisposed" is a convenient way to say "unavailable" (or, simply, "he doesn't want to talk to you in particular") since it hints at being ill (or at the very least being currently on the pot), and it's considered impolite to pry further.
Jun 19, 2018 · INDISPOSED in the sense he intended, meant 'I was busy taking care of something irrelevant to this context / meeting'.... Not at all aggressive..Just wanting to assuage pertinent questions. (Knowing full well that indisposed means to 'feel a little sick', so slightly diminished in potential...And 'may just stay home tonight' - as I am ...
Jul 14, 2014 · Narrow-minded (“having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas”), small-minded (“Selfish, petty; constrained in thought, limited in scope of consideration, not mindful of the big picture”), and previously-mentioned close-minded (“unreceptive to new ideas or information; not open to any agreement”) are all relevant, as are some of their synonyms like hidebound (“Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible”) and previously-mentioned pigheaded (“Obstinate and ...
an·tip·a·thet·ic (n-tp-thtk) also an·tip·a·thet·i·cal (--kl) adj. Having or showing a strong aversion or repugnance: antipathetic to new ideas. Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic: antipathetic factions within the party.
Jan 22, 2014 · The second definition via Google's dictionary is averse; unwilling. "the potential audience seemed indisposed to attend", so I can see why, even if it's not strictly correct. – Doc Commented Jan 22, 2014 at 20:43
Indisposed to here means not disposed to, unwilling to. Even this once means even on this single occasion. Epikhodov is a comic figure. As will you learn as you read further, he is given to expressing his thoughts in exaggeratedly "literary" diction; just five lines after this Dunyasha says of him that
Jun 10, 2015 · @AishwaryaAR: Google's primary source of definition is Oxford. It moves on to others if Oxford doesn't define it. Go here, right click on the search-box and click 'add as search engine'. You can now search Oxford directly from Chrome's omnibox. –
Jul 11, 2013 · 1. Grammatically, both by and as are acceptable in either of the examples given. But as mathematical statements, both examples have problems. In the first example, “The function f is defined by/as f=a+b+c ”, unless a, b, c all are previously-defined functions or constants, the arguments of f and its dependence on them is unclear, ie ...
Jul 8, 2013 · To define is to delineate a specific meaning of a word. To describe is to provide useful attributes of something represented by that word. For example, it is hard to define "god" but easy to define "car."
I have heard the term "CFNM" being used in sexuality, does anybody know what the term means ? (Note: OP said "CNFM", but another user edited that to "CFNM".) Actually 'googling' didn't help at all.
