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  • 1Unwilling — Un*will ing, a. Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant. [1913 Webster] And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, Keep your piece nine years. Pope. [1913 Webster] {Un*will ing*ly}, adv. {Un*will… …

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  • 2Unwilling Emigrants — is a book by Alexandra Hasluck. It is both a general study of Western Australia s convict era, and a biography of a particular convict, William Sykes. First published in 1959 by Oxford University Press in Melbourne, it was for many years the only …

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  • 3unwilling — index adverse (hostile), averse, disinclined, disobedient, dissident, evasive, intractable, involuntary …

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  • 4unwilling to accept — index inconvincible, incredulous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 5unwilling to care — index insusceptible (uncaring) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 6unwilling to give — index parsimonious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 7unwilling to pay — index penurious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 8unwilling — O.E. unwillende, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + WILLING (Cf. willing). Re formed 16c …

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  • 9unwilling — [adj] not in the mood afraid, against, against the grain*, averse, backward, begrudging, compelled, contrary, demurring, disinclined, disobliging, evasive, forced, grudging, hesitating, indisposed, indocile, involuntary, laggard, loath,… …

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  • 10unwilling — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not willing. DERIVATIVES unwillingly adverb unwillingness noun …

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