- past participle of predispose.
- past tense form of predispose.
predisposed
Example Sentences
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Among participants assigned to the low-carb diet, those who were genetically predisposed to higher LDL cholesterol were more likely to experience an increase.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Most had had previous, less severe incidents—or “micro concussions”—that while not enough to send them to a clinician, predisposed them to a bigger event, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2025
And to be fair, that’s not a bad courtroom strategy against an opponent who is almost pathologically predisposed to putting his foot in his mouth.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2025
“We adults have persuaded ourselves that this is one of the bonuses of being a child, that you can revel in magical creatures. But there isn’t much evidence that children are predisposed to magical thinking.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024
He was especially predisposed to forgive or ignore political differences when the other person had been one of the “band of brothers” in 1776.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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