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
But the 21-year-old sat, unwilling or unable to talk about anything but his error that aided a four-run Dodger sixth inning in a game the Reds ultimately lost by that same margin.
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C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Between sentences of Italian, the two falter, Knox in tears, Mignini unwilling to bend, and try to work their way through the case and their motivations.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
For example, my wife is unwilling to phone the vet, carpet cleaning service or insurance agency.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Hart accused Hogan of being unwilling to help his successors.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Between sentences of Italian, the two falter, Knox in tears, Mignini unwilling to bend, and try to work their way through the case and their motivations.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
For example, my wife is unwilling to phone the vet, carpet cleaning service or insurance agency.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Hart accused Hogan of being unwilling to help his successors.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unwilling
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwilling
Adjective
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Human rights groups, citing concerns over forced confessions, have condemned a wave of hundreds of arrests and warned that the government is using the June conflict as a pretext to escalate repression.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Making music on my own, the harmonica holder and the harmonica was a way of accompanying myself that didn’t feel forced.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Vulture,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Weekday dinners, spontaneous hikes and running downhill with their dogs are all part of the routine.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Our results suggest that children are actually capable of spontaneous logical strategy discovery much earlier when circumstances require it.—
Celeste Kidd,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Power of Good Love Since the accidental confession, the couple has moved in together and their relationship has flourished.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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However, Ledger tragically died of an accidental overdose before the film's release.—
Sophie Dodd,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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 6 Oct. 2025.
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