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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
ill-conditioned en · ADJ
Meanings
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(qualifier:numerical analysis) Having a high condition number.
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In a poor condition.
“But it was far otherwise wid the remainin' one, which was the ouldest; he was the most miserable, ugly, ill-conditioned brat that ivir God put life into: he was so ill thriven, that he was nivir able to stand alone or to lave his cradle; he had long, shaggy, matted, curly hair, as black as the sut; his face was uv a greenish yollow colour[.]”
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 522:
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