unwilling

Definition:
1. Not disposed or inclined toward.
2. In spite of contrary volition.

Use 'unwilling' in a sentence:

• 1. Students are unwilling to really work. They want to be spoon-fed.
• 2. Judges were unwilling to nullify government decisions.
• 3. He was yoked to an unwilling partner.
• 4. She was certainly an unwilling victim of circumstances.
• 5. The country's leaders are unwilling to take unpopular measures to stop the rot.
• 6. Witnesses are unwilling to testify through fear of reprisals.
• 7. Yet, despite the obvious rewards of engaging in office politics—a better job, a raise, praise—many people are still unable—or unwilling—to "play the game".
• 8. He is a man who is unfit for a higher post but unwilling to take a lower one in his work.
• 9. The old couple, accustomed to country life, were unwilling to move to the city to live with their son.
• 10. She became uncooperative: unwilling to do her homework or help with any household chores.
• 11. But most employers are unwilling to let them do so.
• 12. She was either unwilling or she just didn't have that book.
• 13. The enlightenment of this saying is not lost in our era but unwilling to understand others seems prevalent.
• 14. The illness made her apathetic and unwilling to meet people.
• 15. The leadership has been unwilling to follow through the implications of these ideas.
• 16. For months I had been either unwilling or unable to go through with it.
• 17. If the employees were already aware of their deficiencies before the evaluation period, however, they may be unable or unwilling to correct them.
• 18. They are polluted with strange ideas about change and improvement which they force on to the unwilling original inhabitants of the villages.
• 19. The manager had no choice but to pay those unwilling helpers.
• 20. A youthful teacher, he finds himself an unwilling participant in school politics.
• 21. You cannot compel good work from unwilling students.
• 22. Yet, she noted, many young people are especially unwilling to take risks at school afraid that one low test score or poor grade could cost them a spot at a selective university.
• 23. The king was at first very unwilling to let him go, but at last yielded to his wish.
• 24. I am unwilling to set a precedent.
• 25. Some people are unwilling to attend the classes partly because of the cost involved.
• 26. The doctor did nothing to interfere, unwilling to offend the old man.
• 27. The police are very unwilling to interfere in family problems.
• 28. She was unable, or unwilling, to give me any further details.
• 29. The directors were unwilling to respond to questions.
• 30. They are unwilling to invest any more money in the project.
• 31. They remain unwilling to intervene militarily in what could be an unending war.
• 32. They were unwilling to compromise with the military.
• 33. He became the unwilling object of her attention.
• 34. She was unwilling to believe anyone would stoop so low as to steal a ring from a dead woman's finger.
• 35. Most schools are extremely unwilling to cut down on staff in order to cut costs.
• 36. Initially the government was unwilling to accept the defeat.
• 37. Social scientists have grown extremely unwilling to make value judgments about cultures.
• 38. The management is understood to be very unwilling to agree to this request.
• 39. He was unwilling to make a prediction for the coming year.
• 40. He was unwilling to make a prediction about which books would sell in the coming year.
• 41. The most interesting ones were outstanding men who were unwilling to accept the meek and passive role of the peasant.
• 42. They were unwilling, or unable, to guarantee safe passage from the city to the aircraft.
• 43. She is tough, unwilling to take no for an answer.
• 44. Certain of those present were unwilling to discuss the matter further.