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- Usage of indisposed - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"Indisposed" is a convenient way to say "unavailable" (or, simply, "he doesn't want to talk to you in particular") since it hints at being ill (or at the very least being currently on the pot), and it's considered impolite to pry further I would find it a bit suspect in an answering machine message, though
- Indisposed used erroneously - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Here is something interesting I found this article on the increasing use of indisposed in the busy sense The concluding two sentences are: Rather than being used as a vague excuse, implying temporary illness, for not doing something or talking to someone, it’s now being used to mean simply “busy or unavailable ” Given a few more decades, this may become an accepted use of the word, but
- Looking for an expression that means Im at an event right now
"I'm indisposed" literally means, and even non-literally at least implies, that you're not feeling well I'd never ever use it to mean that I'm busy at an event
- meaning - What does Our climate is indisposed to favour us even this . . .
Indisposed to here means not disposed to, unwilling to Even this once means even on this single occasion Epikhodov is a comic figure As will you learn as you read further, he is given to expressing his thoughts in exaggeratedly "literary" diction; just five lines after this Dunyasha says of him that He's a nice young man, but every now and again, when he begins talking, you can't understand
- Feeling of being subjected to unfair treatment
I'm looking for a word, but I cannot for the life of me find it All I can remember is the definition: the feeling of being subjected to unfair treatment (but you aren't actually, it just feels tha
- Between the words throw up, vomit, and puke, is there a . . .
For instance, if a guest were unable to attend because they were vomiting, you would euphemize so strongly as to become intentionally vague and say they "were ill" or "indisposed " For many words, there is a "technical term " This is the word used in scientific or medical contexts
- Whats a Word for Very Sick?
What is a word for having been very sick, as with the flu or pneumonia? For example, it should fit into the sentence A few days after the event, I became ___ and couldn't get out of bed for a few
- What is the word for a person who never listens to other peoples . . .
There is one person I know who never accepts other people's opinions and ideas, even if those opinions and ideas are worthwhile What single word might describe such an attitude?
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