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predisposed

[ pree-di-spohzd ]

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adjective

having or showing an inclination or tendency toward a specified condition, opinion, behavior, etc., beforehand:
Many studies show how genes interact with the environment to cause disease in predisposed individuals.
The novel is skillfully written, but in a style that requires close reading and a predisposed reader.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of predispose ( def ).

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Other Words From

pre·dis·pos·ed·ly [pree-di-, spoh, -zid-lee, -, spohzd, -], adverb
pre·dis·pos·ed·ness noun
un·pre·dis·posed adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of predisposed¹

predispose ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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Example Sentences

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.

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“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.”

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Most of the cancellations, on the other hand, have been on territory not predisposed to coddle the GOP nominee.

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Earlier this week, Trump argued that immigrants had “bad genes,” making them predisposed to crime.

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But the human body is a disorderly thing predisposed to rot from the outside in.

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predispose predisposition

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