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[ uhn-wil-ing ] / ʌnˈwɪl ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unwilling ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime. opposed; offering resistance; stubborn or obstinate; refractory: an unwilling captive. Origin of unwillingbefore 900; Old English unwillende (not recorded in ME); see un-1, willing OTHER WORDS FROM unwillingun·will·ing·ly, adverbun·will·ing·ness, nounWords nearby unwillingunwell, unwept, unwholesome, unwieldy, unwilled, unwilling, unwincing, unwind, unwinking, unwinnable, unwired Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unwillingA few years ago, Crowder stopped making the screws because Spinal Solutions was unwilling to pay a fair price, he said. Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’|The Center for Investigative Reporting|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Obama administration has pulled together a coalition as ineffectual as it is unwilling. There’s Only One Way to Beat ISIS: Work With Assad and Iran|Leslie H. Gelb|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST In general, Isfahan authorities have been unwilling to speak on the matter. Acid Attacks on Women Spread Terror in Iran|IranWire|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Many are unwilling to admit that bigotry has entered the mainstream. Why Bigotry Persists|Stephen Eric Bronner|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some actors feel the studios are unwilling to take chances with these huge global revenues by taking risks in casting. Fear of a Minority Superhero: Marvel's Obsession with White Guys Saving the World|Marlow Stern|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST For the most part, they were not unwilling to sustain the Turkish Government. With the Turks in Palestine|Alexander Aaronsohn We expect to be caught with chaff, like fractious colts coquetting with the halter and secretly not unwilling to be caught. Unveiling a Parallel|Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Marchant The East Side insisted on being seen, and I was not unwilling. Your United States|Arnold Bennett The pear grows on some of the hawthorns, but it is an unwilling subject on the apple. Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets|Various He closed Graham's unwilling fingers over the money and skipped away. The Fortune Hunter|Louis Joseph Vance
British Dictionary definitions for unwilling
adjectiveunfavourably inclined; reluctant performed, given, or said with reluctance Derived forms of unwillingunwillingly, adverbunwillingness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unwillingforced, afraid, evasive, unenthusiastic, resistant, loath, averse, reluctant, compelled, against, backward, contrary, disinclined, disobliging, hesitating, indisposed, involuntary, laggard, malcontent, opposed |