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reluctant

[ ri-luhk-tuhnt ]

adjective

  1. a reluctant candidate.

    Antonyms:

  2. struggling in opposition.


reluctant

/ ɪˈʌəԳ /

adjective

  1. not eager; unwilling; disinclined
  2. archaic.
    offering resistance or opposition
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܳٲԳٱ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ܳ·ٲԳ· adverb
  • 󲹱-·ܳ·ٲԳ adjective
  • ܲ··ܳ·ٲԳ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of reluctant1

First recorded in 1655–65; from Latin reluctant- (stem of ܳԲ ), present participle of ܳī; reluct, -ant
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of reluctant1

C17: from Latin ܳī to resist; see reluct
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Synonym Study

Reluctant, loath, averse describe disinclination toward something. Reluctant implies some sort of mental struggle, as between disinclination and sense of duty: reluctant to expel students. Loath describes extreme disinclination: loath to part from a friend. Averse, used with to and a noun or a gerund, describes a long-held dislike or unwillingness, though not a particularly strong feeling: averse to an idea; averse to getting up early.
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It would be hugely reluctant to comply with another US ask: to water down its much-trumpeted digital regulations, aimed at limiting monopolies and placing restrictions on speech and content in the EU.

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Italy's Giorgia Meloni – who until Wednesday seemed more reluctant than others to retaliate in kind against the US – cleared her diary and hastily summoned ministers and business leaders to an emergency summit.

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Amazon MGM showed off many other films, including Ryan Gosling's space epic Project Hail Mary in which he play's a reluctant astronaut tasked with saving humanity.

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She too spoke at the conference but is reluctant to call herself a pronatalist.

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She is clearly reluctant to hand the baton to Jordan Bardella, who at 29 is seen by some as lacking the experience necessary to hold France's highest office.

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