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disinclined, hesitant, reluctant, loath, averse mean lacking the will or desire to do something indicated. disinclined implies lack of taste for or inclination. disinclined to move again disinclined for reading hesitant implies a holding back especially through fear or uncertainty. hesitant about asking for a date reluctant implies a holding back through unwillingness. a reluctant witness loath implies hesitancy because of conflict with one's opinions, predilections, or liking. seems loath to trust anyone averse implies a holding back from or avoiding because of distaste or repugnance. averse to hard work not averse to an occasional drink

Examples of disinclined in a Sentence

disinclined to pay his friends a visit without calling first

Recent Examples on the Web Although Ivey seemed disinclined to play for Sacramento, taking him anyway was an option. — BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022 Why are modern fathers so quick to anger, and so disinclined to talk about it? — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 7 June 2022 But the state’s Republican officials seemed disinclined to tighten gun laws. — Shawn Hubler, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2022 Several justices seemed disinclined to enjoin judges or clerks from simply doing their jobs, which are not inherently adversarial. — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2021 And even desperate job-seekers who are burned out and disillusioned by bad deals at their earlier jobs are justifiably disinclined to make new deals that promise more of the same. — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021 Policymakers seem disinclined to reliably safeguard even the Constitution’s explicit limitations on federal power, let alone its implied ones. — Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021 The financing is critical to lawmakers from both parties on Capitol Hill, some of whom seem disinclined to support a bill that adds to the federal deficit. — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2021 And some Republicans indeed seem disinclined to fight to protect the low effective tax rates of those megafirms. — Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021 See More

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