as in forced
not made or done willingly or by choice
unwilling contributions from city employees who felt pressured to do so
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Recent Examples of unwilling
The Patriots couldn’t find a taker in trade talks and were unwilling to eat enough of his contract for Dugger’s top suitor, according to a source.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
With Russell Wilson, Jaxson Dart and Jameis Winston on the roster, the Giants were unwilling to carry four quarterbacks.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Around 800 residents remain - compared to the pre-war population of approximately 14,000 - many of them elderly and unwilling, or unable, to leave their homes.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
In Florida, these policies could make people unwilling to drive evacuation roads.
—Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
With Russell Wilson, Jaxson Dart and Jameis Winston on the roster, the Giants were unwilling to carry four quarterbacks.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Around 800 residents remain - compared to the pre-war population of approximately 14,000 - many of them elderly and unwilling, or unable, to leave their homes.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
In Florida, these policies could make people unwilling to drive evacuation roads.
—Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unwilling
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwilling
Adjective
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The other dozen arrived thanks to Anisimova’s six unforced errors and six forced errors.—
Howard Fendrich,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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In the Broncos’ only regular-season loss, in September at No. 7 Oregon, Simpson had five tackles, 1.5 for loss, a solo sack and a forced fumble.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Butler never imagined Zimmerer – a typically non-spontaneous person – would drop everything to book a flight and travel more than 1,500 miles from Nebraska to be there.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Earlier in the tournament, Sinner said that their meetings now will never be quite as spontaneous as the epic five-setter here three years ago, which announced their rivalry to the world.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Police determined the injury was accidental and not child abuse.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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The sound does much of the work in action sequences obscured by blinding snowstorms and flashing emergency lights, punctuated by creative acts of accidental self-harm that save our protagonists from certain death more than once.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
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Winters writes that this initial system of coerced labor didn’t go very well for the elites.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Aug. 2025
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Like Netflix's popular 2015 docuseries Making a Murderer, The Yogurt Shop Murders explores unethical interrogation tactics used by law enforcement and questions of coerced confessions.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Unwilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwilling. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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