He was an unwilling participant in the demonstration. unwilling contributions from city employees who felt pressured to do so
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The one stipulation that Olney reported was that the Royals were unwilling to part with the core of their pitching staff.—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025 Lacking clear guidance on what constitutes acceptable use of AI, more than half are unwilling to admit using AI at work.—Anjali Chaudhry, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025 The restaurant industry depends on immigrants to do jobs others are often unwilling to do, Chucri said.—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 23 July 2025 But for all this time, Republicans have proven unwilling to withstand overwrought attacks about wanting to kill Big Bird.—The Editors, National Review, 19 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for unwilling
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of unwilling was
before the 12th century
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