want no part of/in

idiom

: to refuse to be involved in (something)

She said that she didn't agree with what they were doing and wanted no part of it.

He wanted no part in discussing the issue.

Examples of want no part of/in in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The students’ work in the Jewish cemetery risks rousing this grim past, and most Darkenbloom residents want no part of such investigations. —James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025

And don’t forget that university presidents want no part of court trials (or the discovery process, for that matter). —Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025

What’s key here is a mood, a feeling, a state of existence that most of us want no part of. —Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018

Tech company leaders may want no part of American national security policy or global politics, but their decisions unavoidably affect both. —Amy Zegart, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2020

Plus, why do many tech leaders want no part of politics? —Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024

So, is your husband ready to love and support and be proud of kids who grow up to want no part of degrees, advanced or otherwise, thank you very much? —Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024

No matter that millions of Muslims in the polity want no part of the ideology any more than Ukrainians do. —Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024

There’s definitely one team that the Bears want no part of on the tournament trail. —Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2023