MEANING
An unwillingness or lack of desire to do or accept something.
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Words that belong together
- disinclination to speak
- marked disinclination
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A disinclination to speak kept him by the window.
She felt a marked disinclination to return the invitation.
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- Base
- disinclination
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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