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单词 unwillingness
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Definition of unwillingness in English:

unwillingness

nounʌnˈwɪlɪŋnəsˌənˈwɪlɪŋnəs
mass noun
  • The quality or state of being unwilling to do something; reluctance.

    he deplored the Government's unwillingness to provide adequate funds
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Those who dislike it do so for its stubborn unwillingness to judge the two young gunmen.
    • The federal government's unwillingness to take action has left it up to states.
    • The second reveals an unwillingness to face the commercial realities of the marketplace.
    • There are frequent complaints about unwillingness to work, lack of entrepreneurialism and aversion to risk.
    • Yet it is these very same people who have buried the community centre through their unwillingness to lift a finger to help out.
    Synonyms
    disinclination, reluctance, slowness, lack of enthusiasm
    hesitation, hesitance, hesitancy, diffidence, coyness, timidity, timorousness, trepidation, backwardness (in coming forward)
    aversion to, dislike for, distaste for
    demurral, wavering, vacillation, foot-dragging
    resistance to, objection to, opposition to
    doubts, second thoughts, scruples, qualms, pangs of conscience, misgivings
    archaic disrelish
    rare indisposedness, nolence, nolition, sweerness
 
 

Definition of unwillingness in US English:

unwillingness

nounˌənˈwɪlɪŋnəsˌənˈwiliNGnəs
  • The quality or state of being unwilling to do something; reluctance.

    he deplored the Government's unwillingness to provide adequate funds
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Those who dislike it do so for its stubborn unwillingness to judge the two young gunmen.
    • There are frequent complaints about unwillingness to work, lack of entrepreneurialism and aversion to risk.
    • Yet it is these very same people who have buried the community centre through their unwillingness to lift a finger to help out.
    • The second reveals an unwillingness to face the commercial realities of the marketplace.
    • The federal government's unwillingness to take action has left it up to states.
    Synonyms
    disinclination, reluctance, slowness, lack of enthusiasm
 
 
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