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unwillingness

DEFINITIONS OF: unwillingness

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n the trait of being unwilling

“his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made”
Synonyms:
involuntariness
Antonyms:
willingness
cheerful compliance
Types:
disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance
a certain degree of unwillingness
resistance
(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
sloth, slothfulness
a disinclination to work or exert yourself
Type of:
disposition, temperament
your usual mood
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