Antonyms 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.

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

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

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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:
   reluctant, indisposed, loath, disinclined, averse

How to use unwilling in a sentence?

1. Tom Andrews:

   The people of Myanmar are not calling for anything that they, themselves, are unwilling to do, but the fact remains that to be truly effective, the people of Myanmar need countries to join them and impose sanctions on MOGE.

2. Greg Steube:

   I don't think obviously the president, the vice president know what the left hand's doing from the right hand, and obviously they're not communicating about things, if they don't believe that the sanctions are effective, then why are they actually doing them? So, obviously they believe that they're effective. They were unwilling to do it earlier, so they know it has an economic impact to Russia. I think these are things we should've done a long time ago.

3. Matt Brooks:

   Farrakhan, by God’s grace, has pulled the cover off of that Satanic Jew and I’m here to say your time is up, your world is through. his comment about Netanyahu and Israel is a pivot to deflect from the fact that he’s unwilling and unprepared to condemn the hatred of Mr. Farrakhan.

4. Rob Dickens:

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

5. Sean McDaniel:

   When I became awareclearly that these teachers were unwilling to do that, to take this next step to wear a mask, knowing that it would reduce the risk of exposure to COVID, that’s what prompted me to say they have violated the standards of performance and conduct of teaching.

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