disinclination
noun
dis·in·cli·na·tion
(ˌ)dis-ˌin-klə-ˈnā-shən 
-ˌsiŋ-
: a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion
Examples of disinclination in a Sentence
it's an understatement to say that our dog shows a disinclination to get into the car to go to the vet
a strong disinclination for Brussels sprouts since birth
Recent Examples on the Web
Beauty’s at-times reluctance to embrace TikTok Shop as a channel mirrors the industry’s longtime disinclination toward Amazon, an attitude that has shifted in recent years as the e-commerce giant’s beauty business has grown at an incontrovertible clip.
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Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2025
The author’s own disinclination toward literary experiment likely stemmed from a belief that the social demanded more moral attention than the psychological.
—Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Its weakness is an intermittent lack of vulnerability and an occasional disinclination to leave all of that behind and pull out individual characters who have figured out that their travails flow from the difficulty of stopping American family life from turning into a Sam Shepard play.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
On the contrary, these works form a trail of historical and imagined personalities, full of desires and disinclinations that misalign.
—Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2025
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Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2025
The author’s own disinclination toward literary experiment likely stemmed from a belief that the social demanded more moral attention than the psychological.
—Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Its weakness is an intermittent lack of vulnerability and an occasional disinclination to leave all of that behind and pull out individual characters who have figured out that their travails flow from the difficulty of stopping American family life from turning into a Sam Shepard play.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
On the contrary, these works form a trail of historical and imagined personalities, full of desires and disinclinations that misalign.
—Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disinclination
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“Disinclination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disinclination. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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