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Indisposition

The state of being indisposed; disinclination; as, the indisposition of two substances to combine.

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Illness 76% connected

The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness.

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Involuntariness 76% connected

The quality or state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.

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Malady 76% connected

Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially,…

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Sickness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady.

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Unwellness 76% connected

Quality or state of being unwell.

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Narrower term 1

Sloth 76% connected

Slowness; tardiness.

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Indispose 74% connected

To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.

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Indispose 74% connected

To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.

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Reluctant 74% connected

Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.

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Reluctant 74% connected

Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.

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Disinclination 92% connected

The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hesitancy 92% connected

The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hesitation 92% connected

The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reluctance 92% connected

Alt. of Reluctancy

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