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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
unwilling
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ unwilling participants
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He said he was unwilling to run the excerpt by itself, without any context.
▪ He seemed unable or unwilling to marshal even what he knew on the page.
▪ If you were unwilling to forward my small gift, why did you send me the gentleman's name and address?
▪ Labour is clearly unwilling to address that issue, and tailors its words to suit its audience.
▪ She came downstairs with this garment, triumphant, not unwilling to please with pleasure so cheaply bought.
▪ What happens if her father is unwilling or unable to stay at home with her?
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unwilling

Unwilling \Un*will"ing\, a. Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.

And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, ``Keep your piece nine years.''
--Pope. [1913 Webster] -- Un*will"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*will"ing*ness, n.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unwilling

early 15c., altered from or re-formed to replace Middle English unwilland, from Old English unwillende; see un- (1) "not" + willing (adj.); see -ing (2). Related: Unwillingly; unwillingness.

Wiktionary
unwilling

a. Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.

WordNet
unwilling

  1. adj. not disposed or inclined toward; "an unwilling assistant" [ant: willing]

  2. in spite of contrary volition

Usage examples of "unwilling".

Having been led to allude to domestic slavery so frequently already, I am unwilling to close without referring more particularly to Mr.

A boat presents so small an object, however, to artillerists as little skilled as seamen generally are, who depend more on general calculations than on the direct or scientific aim, the latter being usually defeated by the motion of their vessels, that he was unwilling to throw away even his canister.

But then he flipped one hand in a gesture of unwilling assentor at least concession.

He lay panting a moment, then started to crawl up the pathway, unwilling to trust his balky ankle on this rocky footing.

The hesitation of the orthodox casuists on this interesting subject, betrays the perplexity of men, unwilling to approve an institution which they were compelled to tolerate.

Unwilling to entertain this tragic thought, the overwrought Blotto made a final effort.

A great injustice was done to me and my brother in years agone, and if he be unable or unwilling to go back, then it be my bounden duty to redress that wrong in the blood of those who perpetrated it.

For the thousandth time, he wished Bowser were still here, wily and unpredictable and fiercely unwilling to surrender.

And nought but gnarled roots of ancient pines Branchless and blasted, clenched with grasping roots The unwilling soil.

And he told you that Birchill, mistrusting his unwilling accomplice, hurried on the date of the burglary so as to give him no such opportunity.

At the time when the petition of right, that requisite vindication of a violated constitution, was extorted from the unwilling prince, who but imagined that liberty was at last secured, and that the laws would thenceforth maintain themselves in opposition to arbitrary authority?

I never get rid of him, and have to glide from my holoku into my gown with a most unwilling dexterity.

He was not unwilling to renew the treaty which, just one year before, he had entered into with Horry, who then acted as the lieutenant of our partisan.

Dolabella and Malleolus sighed and shook their heads, unwilling to cause a rift in what was going to be a long and necessarily closely knit association.

Even Pradhan Mantri Sumantra and Guru Vashishta stood by silently, unwilling to take either side in this clash of wills.