-nt adjective
Etymology: Latin reluctant-, reluctans, present participle of reluctari to struggle against, oppose, resist, be reluctant, from re- + luctari to struggle, wrestle — more at lock
1. : offering opposition : resisting
2. : hesitant from or as if from dislike, doubt, fear, or scruple : averse , unwilling
reluctant to charge a dead man with an offense from which he could not clear himself — Edith Wharton
persuaded him into reluctant consent
trying to scratch a living from reluctant soil
Synonyms: see disinclined