ill-disposed

ill·-disposed

having a bad disposition; malicious or malevolent
unfriendly, unkindly, or unfavorable (toward) or unreceptive (to)

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Adjective

(not comparable)

not much disposed towards somebody or something; unsympathetic

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Ill-disposed as Bernstorff was towards the Jacobins, he now condemned on principle any interference in the domestic affairs of France, and he was persuaded that Denmark's safest policy was to keep clear of every anti-French coalition.
The procedure of the courts which had cognizance of the matter was, however, by no means strict, and the judges and subordinate officials were often not ill-disposed towards Christians, so that evasion was fairly easy.

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