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un·will·ing·ness

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. unwillingness, involuntarinessnoun

    the trait of being unwilling

    "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton"

    Synonyms:
    involuntariness

    Antonyms:
    willingness

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "unwillingness":

    reluctance, refusal, reticence, ill-will

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#12648refusal
#25834reluctance
#41511unwillingness
#94220reticence

How to use unwillingness in a sentence?

  1. Isabelle Papadimitriou:

    Isabelle Papadimitriou undeserving death is due to the carelessness of the politicians who continue to hedge their bets on the lives of healthcare workers through a lack of leadership, through a refusal to acknowledge the severity of this crisis, and through an inability and unwillingness to give clear and decisive direction on how to minimize the risks of the coronavirus.

  2. Kevin McCarthy:

    Instead of undermining Congressional intent regarding the visa waiver program, the White House should instead focus on Iran’s repeated violations of the U.N. Security Council's bans on missile tests, iran’s unwillingness to follow these international agreements should be a red flag that the Iran nuclear deal is n’t worth the paper it is written on.

  3. Bonnie Glaser:

    The persistence of dredging, along with construction and militarization on China's artificial islands, underscore Beijing's unwillingness to exercise self-restraint and look for diplomatic paths to reduce tensions, on the eve of President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States, Beijing appears to be sending a message to President Barack Obama that China is determined to advance its interests in the South China Sea even if doing so results in heightened tensions with the United States.

  4. Marco Rubio:

    She lied about House Benghazi, i think House Benghazi's just a little bit more insight into her unwillingness oftentimes to speak truth, in this case for political reasons.

  5. John Catanzara:

    That is not because of the FOP, that is 100 % because of the mayor's unwillingness to budge from her hard line. So whatever happens because of the manpower issue, that falls at the mayor's doorstep.


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