UNWILLING


Meaning of UNWILLING in English

1.

If you are ~ to do something, you do not want to do it and will not agree to do it.

Initially the government was ~ to accept the defeat...

For months I had been either ~ or unable to go through with it.

? willing

ADJ: usu v-link, usu ADJ to-inf

~ness

...their ~ness to accept responsibility for mistakes.

N-UNCOUNT: oft N to-inf

2.

You can use ~ to describe someone who does not really want to do the thing they are doing.

A youthful teacher, he finds himself an ~ participant in school politics...

= reluctant

ADJ: usu ADJ n

~ly

My beard had started to grow, and I had ~ly complied with the order to shave it off...

Unwillingly, she moved aside.

= reluctantly

ADV: ADV with v, ADV with cl

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