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Princeton's WordNet

  1. predisposedadjective

    made susceptible

    "because of conditions in the mine, miners are predisposed to lung disease"

Wiktionary

  1. predisposedadjective

    Inclined.

  2. predisposedadjective

    Made susceptible to.

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  1. predisposed

    Predisposed refers to being inclined or naturally susceptible to something in advance due to one's genetic, habitual or psychological characteristics. It often means having a tendency or an increased likelihood to develop a particular disease, condition, behavior, or state based on one's genetic makeup or lifestyle factors.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Predisposed

    of Predispose

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of predisposed in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of predisposed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of predisposed in a Sentence

  1. Jaime Rodriguez:

    There's been a big advance, neither side is negatively predisposed, there are efforts that each (side) has to make for the other (side), but we're open.

  2. Paul Clement:

    He was very good with audiences that weren't predisposed to like him, he was incredibly disarming and charming in his own way.

  3. Dan Schnur:

    That was a very tough hill to climb in deep-blue California, even in a general election campaign, she'd be talking to a much more ideologically diverse electorate. Whether in a primary or a general election, she's certainly going to face very difficult questions about her record at Hewlett-Packard, but a national electorate might not be as predisposed to reject her argument.

  4. Susan Sarandon:

    I have to say I was predisposed against religion, i brought all that baggage to dinner. But she was very accessible. She has a bit of wonder.

  5. Carl Lotus Becker:

    Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their own notions well, or which suggest to them ideas which their minds are already predisposed to accept.

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