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# indisposition

«indisposition» in Mova's school dictionary: **A slight illness, like a cold or upset stomach, that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an indisposition, indispositions; formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) A slight illness, like a cold or upset stomach, that stops you doing something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indisposition/#m1)

2) (formal) Unwillingness to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indisposition/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A stiff, formal or old-fashioned word, often in announcements: «due to the singer's indisposition, the show is cancelled». In everyday speech: «feeling poorly», «under the weather». Phrases: a slight indisposition, due to indisposition.

### examples

- Due to a slight indisposition, the actor could not perform tonight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indisposition/#x1)
- The teacher's absence was explained as a brief indisposition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indisposition/#x2)
- In the old novel, the duchess suffered an indisposition and stayed in bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indisposition/#x3)
- His indisposition to help was obvious. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indisposition/#x4)
- The head teacher's indisposition meant the assembly was cancelled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indisposition/#x5)
- Owing to indisposition, Lady Mary sent her apologies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indisposition/#x6)

### note

Adjective «indisposed» (slightly ill, or unwilling). Very formal; also used as a polite euphemism to avoid saying exactly what is wrong.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «indisposition» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indisposition/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.