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disinclination

[ dis-in-kluh-ney-shuhn, dis-in- ]

noun

  1. the absence of inclination; reluctance; unwillingness.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of disinclination1

First recorded in 1640–50; dis- 1 + inclination

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Example Sentences

So, however, does a disinclination to live at the margins, on the edge, with the unexpected.

Too many in the opinion world have a disinclination to call out their own side.

Here was one cause of his disinclination to meet his wife—having to keep up the farce of Dr. Ashton's action.

His flow of speech is incessant; he seems not a whit disconcerted by my evident disinclination to talk.

There is a marked disinclination on the part of those who have been our slaves to accept orders from anyone.

The English people have no disinclination to refer to high authorities on these matters.

Their "lameness" and "ineptness" and "impotence" plainly arose from disinclination alone.

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