Examples of disinclination in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web Walmart's disinclination to follow in the footsteps of competitors Amazon and Target, each of which pay a minimum of $15 an hour, drew a strong rebuke from labor activists. — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2021 If, faced with half-empty offices, such service workers do not come back for want of custom, that will add to the commuters’ disinclination to return. — The Economist, 11 June 2020 Through a combination of distraction and disinclination to bend to the U.K’s whims, currently there is no willingness to do that, diplomats from several EU countries said. — Ian Wishart, Bloomberg.com, 26 May 2020 Both have made clear their disinclination to vote for more witness testimony. — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2020 Many, but the most common was a disinclination to eat meat. — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2019 Common sense and bubblegum creditors Based on some of the resistance the FDIC faced today, however, its disinclination to mention or defend the Bob Richards rule could lead to a decision discussing it at length. — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2019 But Orry was unwilling to move, a disinclination that is unfortunately widespread in our current moment, but one that may contribute to less-than-optimal employment outcomes. — Erin Valdez, National Review, 2 Dec. 2019 So is the 2007 Avandia scandal, in which GlaxoSmithKline failed to report findings that led to as many as 100,000 cases of stroke and heart failure, because of a disinclination to disrupt a leading product yielding $900 million in annual sales. — Jeremy A. Greene, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2019

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“Disinclination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disinclination. Accessed 17 Jun. 2021.

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