disinclination
the absence of inclination; reluctance; unwillingness.
Origin of disinclination
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How to use disinclination in a sentence
So, however, does a disinclination to live at the margins, on the edge, with the unexpected.
Too many in the opinion world have a disinclination to call out their own side.
Here was one cause of his disinclination to meet his wife—having to keep up the farce of Dr. Ashton's action.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodHis flow of speech is incessant; he seems not a whit disconcerted by my evident disinclination to talk.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanThere is a marked disinclination on the part of those who have been our slaves to accept orders from anyone.
The Double Four | E. Phillips Oppenheim
The English people have no disinclination to refer to high authorities on these matters.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanTheir "lameness" and "ineptness" and "impotence" plainly arose from disinclination alone.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 | Egerton Ryerson
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