disincline

American

[dis-in-klahyn] / ˌdɪs ɪnˈklaɪn /

verb (used with or without object)

disinclined, disinclining

to make or be averse or unwilling.

Your rudeness disinclines me to grant your request.

disincline British

/ ˌdɪsɪnklɪˈneɪʃən, ˌdɪsɪnˈklaɪn /

verb

to make or be unwilling, reluctant, or averse

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Other Word Forms

disinclination noun

Etymology

Origin of disincline

First recorded in 1640–50; dis- ¹ + incline

Example Sentences

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Walrath rejected the argument that allowing an insider trading lawsuit would disincline creditors from negotiating Chapter 11 plans.

From BusinessWeek • Sep. 14, 2011

“Service organizational cultures disincline the Pentagon to field capabilities for irregular warfare that compete with established warfighting programs,” Lamb said.

From Washington Post

The will must incline to what it now disinclines, and disincline to what it now inclines.

From Sermons to the Natural Man by Shedd, William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer)

Unhappily several motives combined to disincline her to it.

From The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Yonge, Charles Duke

It is natural that the public should disincline to assume any further burden to enrich the timber owner.

From Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods by Allen, Edward Tyson

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