as in reluctant
slow to begin or proceed with a course of action because of doubts or uncertainty
disinclined to pay his friends a visit without calling first
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Recent Examples of disinclined
Clubs that never were expected to contend usually are disinclined to make a change before the All-Star break.
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The peshmerga, the military forces of Iraq’s two main Kurdish political parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, would be disinclined to halt Iranian troop movement that does not threaten their own interests.
—Ehud Yaari, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2017
Newman was, like many in the 1960s, disinclined to gentrify the compositions with a frame, so the only way to conceal the hardware that anchored canvas to stretcher was to move the tacking edge to the back of the paintings, which had thus become the true tacking edges.
—Sarah K. Rich, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
The show also portrays the context of his school community, where teachers seem unable or disinclined to control their pupils.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The peshmerga, the military forces of Iraq’s two main Kurdish political parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, would be disinclined to halt Iranian troop movement that does not threaten their own interests.
—Ehud Yaari, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2017
Newman was, like many in the 1960s, disinclined to gentrify the compositions with a frame, so the only way to conceal the hardware that anchored canvas to stretcher was to move the tacking edge to the back of the paintings, which had thus become the true tacking edges.
—Sarah K. Rich, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
The show also portrays the context of his school community, where teachers seem unable or disinclined to control their pupils.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinclined
Adjective
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The band is reluctant to get into too many other details of Lydon’s behavior on that tour.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
12 July 2025
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Our evaluation might be incorrect, and investors may be reluctant to assign a higher valuation to P&G due to its recent decline in sales.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Yet Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) – which leads Germany’s coalition government – is hesitant.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
6 July 2025
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His defense at second base is also still evolving, too, which accentuates why the Astros are hesitant to summon him.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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“Disinclined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinclined. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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