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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
  • No chronic illness, no prescription medications, normal blood work and all that in my physical exams.
    Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • But then there are the rare illnesses that produce truly violent forces.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Remember the symptoms of heat exhaustion In extreme cases, intense heat can lead to sickness as your body struggles to regulate its temperature.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 26 June 2025
  • There’s a cultural sickness at the heart of this — the tendency to mistake charisma for character, proximity for integrity, success for safety.
    Rob Shuter, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025

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“Indisposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indisposition. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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