ill-conditioned

[ il-kuhn-dish-uhnd ]

adjective

1. in a surly or bad mood, state, etc.
2. not in a good or peak condition.

Other Words From

• ill-con·ditioned·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ill-conditioned¹

First recorded in 1605–15

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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