Meaning & use
Unwillingness
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Reluctance or lack of readiness to do something.
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His unwillingness to compromise stalled the negotiations for weeks.
The team sensed her unwillingness to accept the new schedule.
A note on using this word
Formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to 'willingness,' following a very common pattern in English word formation.
Words with a similar meaning
reluctancedisinclination
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Words with an opposite meaning
willingnesseagerness
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