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ill-conditioned, a.|ˈɪlkənˈdɪʃənd|
[f. ill condition + -ed2.]
Having bad ‘conditions’ or qualities; of an evil disposition; in a bad condition or state. In Geometry, applied to a triangle which has very unequal angles, such as that by which a star's parallax is determined.
1614Raleigh Hist. World iii. (1634) 5 His owne sonne..being an ill conditioned Boy. 1694Salmon Bates' Disp. (1713) 678/1 Gun-shot Wounds, and other malign and ill condition'd Ulcers. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. 6 May Let. i, That a woman..should place her affection upon such an ugly, ill-conditioned cur. 1796C. Marshall Garden. viii. (1813) 107 When roots reach a weak, ill-conditioned soil the trees must fail. 1850A. Jameson Leg. Monast. Ord. (1863) 386 This woman also proved ill-conditioned and thankless. 1897Allbutt Syst. Med. III. 911 Peritonitis..of an ill-conditioned kind.
Hence ill-conˈditionedness, the state or quality of being ill-conditioned.
1866Miss Mulock Noble Life v. 76 Ill-health, ill-humour and ill-conditionedness of every sort. 1875Tait in Gd. Words No. 1. 21 The ill-conditionedness of the triangle. |