Definition: 1. Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom. 2. Unwilling to become involved. 3. Not eager.
Use 'reluctant' in a sentence:
1. I am reluctant to trust anyone totally, Your Excellency.
2. Instead, I grew up believing that I was supposed to be totally independent and consequently became very reluctant to ask for help.
3. He feels reluctant to part with the traditional wallet.
4. She was reluctant to admit she was wrong.
5. I was reluctant to embroil myself in his problems.
6. Most of the soldiers are reluctant conscripts.
7. And instead, I grew up believing that I was supposed to be totally independent and consequently became very reluctant to ask for help.
8. They have been reluctant to admit AIDS patients, in part because of unfounded fears of contagion.
9. Democrats were reluctant to take on a president whose popularity ratings were historically high.
10. She's reluctant to take all the credit.
11. The government has been extremely reluctant to expedite investigations that might result in his trial.
12. "Usually there're one or two families who're more reluctant," Greengrass writes in an e-mail.
13. Even as anger and denial have yielded to reluctant acceptance, many still yearn to know: What really happened to our children? Who was responsible?
14. I was reluctant to apply to be an exchanged student at the beginning, but then I changed my mind.
15. Analysts say the biggest problem is high unemployment, which weakens demand and makes banks reluctant to lend.
16. One drawback is that children become fixated and immersed in their screen time and become reluctant to exercise.
17. He said no and seemed oddly reluctant to talk about it.
18. The Target and Neiman hacks have also changed the cost calculation: Although retailers have been reluctant to spend the $6.
19. The police are very reluctant to get involved in this sort of thing.
20. Mr ran says that such schemes have also sometimes provided an excuse for officials to push reluctant farmers off their land without paying a reasonable price.
21. Don't worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to crawl or walk.
22. Courts have been reluctant to reopen old wounds by trying crimes that are decades old.
23. Mr Spero was reluctant to ask for help.
24. She was reluctant to confess her ignorance.
25. We were reluctant to start the long trudge home.
26. It advises salesmen to talk round reluctant customers over a cup of tea.
27. Dr Sinclair's affirmative nod seemed a shade reluctant.
28. Eleanor was a reluctant, anxious pupil.
29. Most people surveyed were reluctant to reveal what they ate.
30. Scientific institutions have been reluctant to take corrective action.
31. Older generations are sometimes reluctant to adopt new technologies, but driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular.
32. Most of us are reluctant to start these conversations because we presume the opposite.
33. Most people are reluctant to see themselves as being creative because they associate creativity with complexity.
34. Some dancers may seem reluctant to participate in your project, because they do thrive on the immediacy of performing live.
35. Criminals are very reluctant to leave a paper trail.
36. People have been reluctant to make formal complaints to the police.
37. Whereas older generations are sometimes reluctant to adopt new technologies, driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular.
38. Trish was silent because she was reluctant to put her thoughts into words.
39. The brass are reluctant to fraternise with the enlisted men.
40. It is difficult to quantify an exact figure as firms are reluctant to declare their losses.
41. He finally gave a reluctant smile.
42. She is reluctant to discuss the content of the play.
43. Mr. Spero was reluctant to ask for help.
44. The officers were still reluctant to unleash their troops in pursuit of a defeated enemy.
45. Japan has been reluctant to offer much aid to Russia.
46. Everyone is more reluctant to travel these days, not least the Americans.
