ill-disposed, a.
(ˈɪldɪˈspəʊzd)
[f. ill adv. + disposed.]
1. Having a bad disposition; disposed to evil or harm; immoral, wicked; malignant, malevolent; unpropitious.
| 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) II. 367 The ylle disposede woman. c 1460 Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. xvi. (1885) 149 Yll dysposed emperours..had slayn grete parte off þe senatours. 1622 Bp. Andrewes Sermons, If rugged or uneven the way, if the weather ill-disposed. 1800 Asiat. Ann. Reg., Misc. Tr. 181/1 The country towards Bhopaulputtun was so ill-disposed towards us. 1863 Baring-Gould Iceland 249 A hard-hearted ill-disposed fellow. |
† 2. In a bad state of health; unwell, indisposed.
| 1600 Hakluyt Voy. III. 660 We lost not any one, nor had one ill disposed to my knowledge. c 1645 Howell Lett. I. v. xxxv, My Lord of Sunderland is still ill dispos'd. |
3. Badly disposed or arranged.
| 1726 Leoni Designs Pref. 1/2 Ill-disposed and mis-matched Scraps. 1777 Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) III. 214 The apartments..were ill-disposed, and afforded little accommodation. |
4. Not disposed (to do something); disinclined.
| 1771 Goldsm. Hist. Eng. xlvii. IV. 307 The people..were never so ill disposed to receive him, as at the very time he pitched upon to make a descent. |
Hence ill-diˈsposedness (-ɪdnɪs), state or quality of being ill-disposed.
| 1628 Bp. Hall Old Relig. (1686) Ded., The ignorance and ill-disposedness of some cavillers that taxed this course. |