unwillingness

/ənˈwilɪŋnɪs/
/ənˈwilɪŋnəs/
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Other forms: unwillingnesses

Definitions of unwillingness
  1. noun
    the trait of being unwilling
    “his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made”
    synonyms: involuntariness
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    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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