indisposed
Example Sentences
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After the monkey earmarked for the gift is indisposed, Borat’s supposedly underage offspring becomes the replacement present.
From The Guardian
That did not endear the president to politicians already indisposed toward his overtures.
From New York Times
“He is very much indisposed, and on Sunday was unable to leave his bed,” the paper said.
From Washington Post
“We’ve gone from a position where someone was temporarily indisposed to a position where this person is indisposed for the long term,” the Renault official said.
She had been engaged to fill in that night for an indisposed Marilyn Horne, singing Lucrezia Borgia in a concert production by the American Opera Society at Carnegie Hall.
From New York Times
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