Meanings of show no disposition in English

Fistulous tracts are lined with a false, or adventitious, membrane and show no disposition to heal.

Some persons profess to think it impossible to reason with a woman, and they certainly show no disposition to try the experiment.

Some persons profess to think it impossible to reason with a woman, and such critics certainly show no disposition to try the experiment.

Cabbages, for example, wall fruits, and cereal, show no disposition, when neglected, to assume the characters of the wild states of these plants.

Currants and gooseberries show no disposition to thrive, and strawberries are the only fruits that ripen at all, which they do in the greatest abundance.

Arlington showed no disposition to meet the advances of the Dutch minister.

The waiting savages showed no disposition to attack under cover of darkness.

The country, however, showed no disposition to do anything of the sort.

Her curiosity once satisfied, she showed no disposition to pursue the topic.

The remaining two Englishmen and two gend'armes showed no disposition to depart.

She has always been reserved, and showed no disposition to be friendly.

Still the Swan showed no disposition to gain the twenty minutes coveted time.

At all events, the local authorities showed no disposition to hunt him down.

She showed no disposition to contradict him, or even to maintain the conversation.

Nevertheless Greek builders showed no disposition to adopt baked bricks for their masonry.

England shows no dispositions to enter into friendly connections with us.