Synonyms for disinclined
dis·in·clined

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1. disinclined

   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, indisposed, loath, opposed, reluctant, slow, unwilling

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

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1. disinclinedadjective

   unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval

   "disinclined to say anything to anybody"

   Antonyms:
   accident-prone, apt(p), fond(p), partial(p), disposed(p), minded(p), inclined(p), prone, tending(p), given(p)

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1. disinclinedadjective

   Synonyms:
   unwilling, indisposed, reluctant, averse

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1. Sun Tzu:

   If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.

2. Thomas Simons:

   The mixed message today suggests that Yellen is disinclined to move forward and take the next step in the normalization process in the near-term, but it also does not shut the door on the prospects for a July rate (hike) either.

3. Seth Shostak:

   Apparently several — more than three or four — referees have been disinclined to see this published.

4. Jeffrey Halley:

   With the Biden package offset by weak U.S. employment data, markets in Asia are disinclined to force prices, they will leave it to North America to decide if a retest of the recent highs is justified into the end of the week.