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
I am loth to denigrate all Trump supporters as racists.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2019
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
Couriers, meanwhile, were often loth to pay stiff premiums.
From Economist ● Apr. 5, 2018
He was loth to speak and his tale was unclear, but it is beyond all doubt that he went to Mordor, and there all that he knew was forced from him.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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