indisposed

Not feeling well

Indisposed means slightly unwell or unwilling.

Someone who is indisposed may be mildly ill: She's indisposed and won't be joining us for dinner.

The word often serves as a polite or evasive way to explain absence—the indisposition might be genuine illness, or it might be reluctance dressed up in formal language.

To be indisposed toward something is to be disinclined: He was indisposed to help.

unwell

fever

Elevated body temperature

fatigue · headache · queasy · nauseated · under the weather · bedridden · convalescent · ailing · unwell · sickly

unwilling

reluctant

Unwilling to act

loath · unenthusiastic · resistant · uncooperative · reticent · opposed · not inclined · uneager · unamenable · antipathetic

unavailable

occupied

Currently in use

absent · away · tied-up · booked · committed · otherwise engaged · unreachable · out · detained · called away

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Opposites
health/physical condition

indisposedwell

Dug water source

healthy · fit · hale · sound · hale and hearty

willingness/inclination

indisposedwilling

Ready without resistance

inclined · disposed · eager · ready · keen

availability

indisposedavailable

Ready to be used

free · at liberty · on hand · accessible · unoccupied

Family

indisposition, indispose, indispositions

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