Definitions for unwillingness

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•will•ingʌnˈwɪl ɪŋ(adj.)

  1. not willing; reluctant; loath; averse.

  2. opposed; offering resistance; stubborn or obstinate.

Origin of unwilling:

bef. 900

un•will′ing•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unwillingness, involuntariness(noun)

    the trait of being unwilling

    "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton"

Wiktionary

  1. unwillingness(Noun)

    The property of being unwilling.


Translations for unwillingness

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

unwillingness(noun)

not willing; reluctant

He's unwilling to accept the money.

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