- a variation of loath.
loth
Britishadjective
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I’m loth to judge something without having seen it a few times, but I’m not sure what a race that’s a less good version of the real thing adds.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2021
With 22 races next season, Miami would make 23 in 2021, pushing to the limit teams already loth to add meetings.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 17, 2019
Pirates are still loth to cut their losses by freeing such hostages without payment.
From Economist ● Jun. 28, 2018
There are other, far more numerous protagonists, of course, and a week after the vote millions are still loth to scrub off their personal memento: the purple ink on their index finger.
From Economist ● May 17, 2018
So time unreckoned passed, until Gimli saw a sight that he was ever afterwards loth to recall.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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