- a variation of loath.
loth
Britishadjective
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DEQ interpreted the law to require disclosure of a complaint only when there’s a formal violation notice or penalty, which the agency has historically been loth to initiate.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2019
Today’s artists are sometimes loth to embrace the surrealist tag fully as well.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2018
Many are loth to move across the country at this point in their lives.
From Economist ● Nov. 20, 2017
One possible explanation is that its earlier tangles with F1 in the late 1990s were scarring, evolving into the sort of bruising encounter it may be loth to repeat.
From Economist ● Jan. 12, 2017
Matthias was loth to hang about while a creature was lying injured within his sight, but he had to heed his friend’s advice.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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