unwilling
not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.
opposed; offering resistance; stubborn or obstinate; refractory: an unwilling captive.
Origin of unwilling
1Other words from unwilling
- un·will·ing·ly, adverb
- un·will·ing·ness, noun
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How to use unwilling in a sentence
The key difference between now and 2016, though, is that after the election, a majority of Republicans are still unwilling to accept the result.
More Republicans Distrust This Year’s Election Results Than Democrats After 2016 | Dhrumil Mehta (dhrumil.mehta@fivethirtyeight.com) | November 20, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThe public has little use for a brand’s Twitter account if it’s unwilling to get down and dirty with the masses.
The good news is that, given the record-breaking early turnout ahead of Election Day, a number of you were unwilling to accept no for an answer and successfully convinced people you care about to participate.
The Steelers are willing to evolve, but unwilling to budge from the foundation of their success.
After their foundation appeared shaken, the Steelers emerged as one of the NFL’s best | Adam Kilgore | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostI suspect most organizations are in bad shape, but unable or unwilling to face it.
The Self-Driving Car Is a Red Herring - Issue 92: Frontiers | Anthony Townsend | October 21, 2020 | Nautilus
Those of us who join the club of gun violence survivors do it unwillingly.
But the small boy who was unwillingly dawdling through a series of poses for it, to-day refused all bribes to be good.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was at the front lines of this debate during much of my childhood, unwillingly.
This Is What It Is Like To Be Deaf From Birth | Quora Contributor | December 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd these arrivals are hardly poor Okies pushed back unwillingly; the Plains cities have become magnets for educated people.
Prairie Populism Goes Bust As Obama’s Democrats Loses The Empty Quarter | Joel Kotkin | November 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut he thought of the possible danger to Maxgregor, and he was forced unwillingly to abandon his intention.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteClanricarde came in on protection, which was granted unwillingly, and surrendered Loughreagh as a material guarantee.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard BagwellThe girl gave way unwillingly, showed Mrs. Floyd into a small study looking on the front garden, and left her.
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry WardIn the following year Loftus was translated to Dublin and forced to resign his deanery, which he did very unwillingly.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard BagwellLet me go free, only give me my liberty, and the secret I have unwillingly discovered shall never pass my lips!
They Looked and Loved | Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller
British Dictionary definitions for unwilling
/ (ʌnˈwɪlɪŋ) /
unfavourably inclined; reluctant
performed, given, or said with reluctance
Derived forms of unwilling
- unwillingly, adverb
- unwillingness, noun
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