as in illness
the condition of not being in good health
a brief indisposition made her miss the party
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Recent Examples of indisposition
The insurer paid $5 million for losses incurred due to an unspecified castmember’s February 2020 illness at the outset of the shoot — presumably Cruise’s indisposition that was not COVID.
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Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2022
Thanks to the indisposition of the aging, alcoholic local rector, he is pressed into a leadership role quickly.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 25 Feb. 2020
For a more rewarding solution to Mr. Lang’s indisposition, Mr. Corea might have simply replaced Mr. Lang as soloist and presented his personal take on Gershwin.
—Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2017
Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2022
Thanks to the indisposition of the aging, alcoholic local rector, he is pressed into a leadership role quickly.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 25 Feb. 2020
For a more rewarding solution to Mr. Lang’s indisposition, Mr. Corea might have simply replaced Mr. Lang as soloist and presented his personal take on Gershwin.
—Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2017
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“Indisposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indisposition. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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