Definition of indispositionnext

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Recent Examples of indisposition The insurer paid $5 million for losses incurred due to an unspecified castmember’s February 2020 illness at the outset of the shoot — presumably Cruise’s indisposition that was not COVID. Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2022 Thanks to the indisposition of the aging, alcoholic local rector, he is pressed into a leadership role quickly. Kyle Smith, National Review, 25 Feb. 2020 For a more rewarding solution to Mr. Lang’s indisposition, Mr. Corea might have simply replaced Mr. Lang as soloist and presented his personal take on Gershwin. Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indisposition
Noun
  • Art Dlugach, a longtime sports producer for KPIX in San Francisco, died Thursday morning in Texas, surrounded by his family after a brief illness.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But Trump does not oppose giving voters accommodations to vote by mail for illness, disability, military or travel.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The symptoms of our darkest cultural sicknesses become visible.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Chee grimaces in pain from his ghost sickness wounds, and Manuelito notices.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026

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“Indisposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indisposition. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.

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