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ill-disposed en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Not much disposed towards somebody or something; unsympathetic.
    • And the Maritime colonies were similarly ill-disposed toward a legislative union. 2009, Patrick Malcolmson, Richard Myers, The Canadian Regime: An Introduction to Parliamentary Government in Canada, University of Toronto Press, published 2009, →ISBN, page 61:
    • As a man of Eastern Tennessee, he also felt ill-disposed to co-operate with the men from the west. 2011, Tony MacLachlan, We Spared Not the Capital of America: War Between Britain and the United States 1812-15, AuthorHouse, published 2011, →ISBN, page 241:
    • The crowd may generally have been ill-disposed toward arena performers, but that could change depending on what was going on at any given time. 2011, Garrett G. Fagan, The Lure of the Arena: Social Psychology and the Crowd at the Roman Games, Cambridge University Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 252:

Forms

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more ill-disposed Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most ill-disposed Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (2)

bg недоброжелателен (Not much disposed towards somebody or something) · grc κακόθυμος (Not much disposed towards somebody or something)