disinclined

  • 21disinclined — adjective reluctant; unwilling …

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  • 22disinclined — a. Unwilling, indisposed, reluctant, averse …

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  • 23disinclined — adj reluctant, not in the mood, indisposed, unwilling, loath; averse, antipathetic, opposed, recalcitrant, resistant, renitent …

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  • 24disinclined — UK [ˌdɪsɪnˈklaɪnd] / US adjective formal unwilling to do something …

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  • 25be disinclined to — tend not to, want to refuse, be reluctant to …

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  • 26reluctant — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. disinclined, loath, hesitant, unwilling, averse, opposed, backward, laggard, remiss, slack, squeamish, demurring, grudging, involuntary, uncertain, hanging back, hesitating, diffident, with bad grace, indisposed,… …

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  • 27averse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. loath, reluctant; unwilling, opposed. See opposition, hate, unwillingness, dislike. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. disinclined, opposed, unwilling, loath; see opposed , reluctant , unwilling . See… …

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  • 28unwilling — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. backward, resistant, reluctant, refractory, recalcitrant, unenthusiastic, doubtful, wayward, unready, indisposed, disinclined, averse, opposed, against, contrary, indifferent, indocile, intractable, demurring, shrinking …

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  • 29reluctant — [ri luk′tənt] adj. [L reluctans, prp. of reluctari, to resist < re , against + luctari, to struggle: see LOCK1] 1. opposed in mind (to do something); unwilling; disinclined 2. marked by unwillingness [a reluctant answer] 3. Rare struggling… …

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  • 30work-shy — adjective disinclined to work or exertion faineant kings under whose rule the country languished an indolent hanger on too lazy to wash the dishes shiftless idle youth slothful employees the unemployed are not necessarily work shy • Syn: ↑ …

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