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maldispositions

maldispositions is the plural of maldisposition.

Meaning of maldisposition

Noun

maldisposition (countable and uncountable, plural maldispositions)

  1. a complexion of humours or locational alignment or else in or of organs, joints etc. leading to a suffering
    • fetal maldisposition
  2. A slant in an individual or a group, intellectualized humour, bad temper directed against someone or something
    • Beginning to arise from this maldisposition was a public inclination to turn inward and a frustrated demand for stronger action abroad uncomplicated by the desires of America's allies.1967, George Edwin Mowry, The Urban Nation, 1920–1960, New York: Macmillan, page 195

Questions about maldispositions

What is maldispositions the plural of?
Maldispositions is the plural of maldisposition.

Words near maldispositions in the dictionary

  1. maldin'
  2. malding
  3. maldirection
  4. maldison
  5. maldisposition
  6. maldispositions
  7. maldistributed
  8. maldistribution
  9. maldistributions
  10. Maldivan
  11. Maldivans

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