Synonyms for unwilling
ʌnˈwɪl ɪŋun·will·ing

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1. unwilling

   Reluctant (Latin re, back, and lucto, strive, struggle) signifies struggling against what one is urged or impelled to do, or is actually doing; averse (Latin a, from, and verto, turn) signifies turned away as with dislike or repugnance; loath (Anglo-Saxon lath, evil, hateful) signifies having a repugnance, disgust, or loathing for, tho the adjective loath is not so strong as the verb loathe. A dunce is always averse to study; a good student is disinclined to it when a fine morning tempts him out; he is indisposed to it in some hour of weariness. A man may be slow or backward in entering upon that to which he is by no means averse. A man is loath to believe evil of his friend, reluctant to speak of it, absolutely unwilling to use it to his injury. A legislator may be opposed to a certain measure, while not averse to what it aims to accomplish. Compare ANTIPATHY.

   Synonyms:
   averse, backward, disinclined, indisposed, loath, opposed, reluctant, slow

   Antonyms:
   desirous, disposed, eager, favorable, inclined, willing

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1. unwilling

   Synonyms:
   averse, backward, disinclined, loth, reluctant

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1. unwillingadjective

   not disposed or inclined toward

   "an unwilling assistant"; "unwilling to face facts"

   Antonyms:
   willing and able, volitional, ready, inclined(p), prepared, voluntary, disposed(p), fain, happy, glad, consenting, willing

2. unwillingadjective

   in spite of contrary volition

   Antonyms:
   consenting, inclined(p), voluntary, ready, willing and able, willing, disposed(p), volitional, fain, prepared, glad, happy

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1. unwillingadjective

   Synonyms:
   loath, disinclined, opposed, averse, reluctant, backward, indisposed, not disposed

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1. unwillingadjective

   Synonyms:
   reluctant, indisposed, loath, disinclined, averse

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1. List of paraphrases for "unwilling":

   reluctant, recalcitrant, loath, reticent, willing

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1. Julien Barnes-Dacey:

   The fact that the UAE was unwilling to cut off ties with Iran completely, despite the closeness of its relations with Saudi Arabia, shows the difficulty that the Saudis will have in trying to isolate Iran, the downgrading of ties is not fundamentally a question of responding to executions and the storming of an embassy... (but rather) a function of a much deeper conflict between the two states.

2. President Kennedy:

   We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.

3. Mickey Atkins:

   States are unwilling to put enough money into the program to support the people who need the services.

4. Rob Dickens:

   They simply wanted to waste our time and money in federal court, a game we were unwilling to play.

5. Melekot Abate:

   It's hard to tap into the credit market in Kenya, most individuals have very little credit history or assets to seize so banks are unwilling to take the risk.