Definition of disincline
: to make unwilling
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In addition to getting around the standing problem, the initiative also sidesteps the need to rope in Congress, the Justice Department, or any other entity disinclined to investigate or question Trump conflicts.
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Bennett said as manufacturing jobs continued to disappear, factory owners were disinclined to sponsor apprenticeships.
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Such ideological tunnel vision disinclines these outlets right to counter conspiratorial thinking in their own ranks.
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