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predisposed

pree di spohzd

  • v  make susceptible
  • s  made susceptible
    because of conditions in the mine, miners are predisposed to lung disease

  • Some of us are simply genetically predisposed to burn more calories more efficiently than others.
  • One, for whatever reason, you were born genetically predisposed to getting cancer.
  • What James demands is that we take the time to listen to what the game is telling us over and above what we are predisposed to believe.
News & Articles

  • Federal judge accused of making racial comments
    Jones is accused of saying that certain "racial groups like African-Americans and Hispanics are predisposed to crime," and are "prone to commit acts of violence" and be involved in more violent and "heinous" crimes than people of other ethnicities. The complaint also states that Jones said defendants' claims of racism, innocence, arbitrariness, and violations of international law and treaties ...
    June 11, 2013 - San Antonio Express-News
  • Federal judge accused of making prejudice comments
    Jones is accused of saying that certain "racial groups like African-Americans and Hispanics are predisposed to crime," and are "prone to commit acts of violence" and be involved in more violent and "heinous" crimes than people of other ethnicities. The complaint also states that Jones said defendants' claims of racism, innocence, arbitrariness, and violations of international law and treaties ...
    June 11, 2013 - San Antonio Express-News
Quotes

  • Sergey Brin in Oye! Times (blog)
    I know early in my life something I am substantially predisposed to,Brin wrote. "I now have the opportunity to adjust my life to reduce those odds (eg, there is evidence that exercise may be protective against Parkinson's). I also have the...
  • Fidel Castro in International Herald Tribune
    Matos "was predisposed and indignant," after being unjustly disqualified, Castro wrote. "He couldn't contain himself."
  • Mike Gillis in Toronto Star
    I haven't made any predisposed decisions based on any thing I have heard,Gillis, a former player agent, told a news conference Wednesday where he was officially unveiled as the new GM. "This is a clean slate moving forward. People will be...

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