ill-disposed

adj

ill-disposed

adj
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:
  • 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:
1 more example
  • 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:

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