indispose

But I am afraid it will indispose her to ask any favors of Mr. Keller, or to associate herself with his personal concerns.

From Jezebel's Daughter by Wilkie Collins

"Yass'm," persisted the waiter, "he dah now, in bed; slightly indispose'."

From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by George Washington Cable

And—pardon me—may not the finding their progress obstructed by your scruples, the more indispose your sons to them?'

From The Pillars of the House, V1 by Charlotte Mary Yonge

This reflection tended to repress the inclination he would otherwise have felt for cultivating her society, but it did not indispose him to benefit her in a certain way.

From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown

I haven't signed it, as my unmeaning name would perhaps indispose the fellow to see much good in it.

From Born in Exile by George Gissing

Entertaining down to the last minute, the Bastille Opera finally opened its season with a sad-faced functionary who stepped in front of the curtain to tell us that the “Simone Boccanegra” baritone was indisposed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Austin will transfer authority to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks while he is indisposed, the Pentagon said.

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024

The Pittsburgh Steelers went into Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders with an indisposed defense and left with the squad in worse shape, but it appears that there’s hope.

From Fox News ● Sep. 21, 2021

Members of #FreeBritney scoured Spears’ beach photos for hidden text written in the sand; they claimed a lookalike was posting photos on her account and the real Britney was indisposed.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2021

The Gran had been called away to another town, the Uncle indisposed, just like they had been during the impossible task in 1965.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

She says she loves to see me gay and cheerful, as is natural at my age, but that levity quite upsets and disorders the mind, indisposing it for serious thoughts.

From Stepping Heavenward by E. (Elizabeth) Prentiss

Ah! 'twas a lovely world!—no more I met that indisposing bore, The unseraphic cynogogue— The man who's proud to love a dog.

From Black Beetles in Amber by Ambrose Bierce

The theological romanticism of Lacordaire and of Montalembert was not much more appreciated by them, the dogmatic ignorance and the very weak reasoning powers of this school indisposing them against it.

From Recollections of My Youth by Ernest Renan

Four motives appear to me to have been puissant in indisposing Englishmen to the Northerners.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 by Various

For the most part the influence of the bath is limited to abating their severity, shortening their duration, and indisposing to their return.

From The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by Charles West