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ill-conditioned
[ il-kuhn-dish-uhnd ]
adjective
- in a surly or bad mood, state, etc.
- not in a good or peak condition.
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Other Words From
- ill-con·ditioned·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ill-conditioned1
First recorded in 1605–15
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Example Sentences
Her neck, far too liberally exhibited, resembled nothing so much as the stem of an ill-conditioned, gnarly young olive tree.
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For a flogging is oftentimes the only punishment of which a rough and ill-conditioned boy is afraid.
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A good stimulant application to indolent and ill-conditioned ulcers.
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Muttering and mumbling, he came rolling after me like an angry and rather ill-conditioned mastiff.
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Only by the exercise of an ingenuity greater than its own could Wong Ts'in succeed in baffling its ill-conditioned spite.
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