Synonym: disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition. Similar words: reluctant, stance, distance, instance, substance, pittance, for instance, acceptance. Meaning: [rɪ'lʌktəns] n. 1. (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance) 2. a certain degree of unwillingness.
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61. There is still a great reluctance by many manufacturers in entering the export field.
62. He says that clients must overcome their reluctance and come foreward.
63. What her first impressions of Calcutta were we shall never know, thanks to her reluctance to talk of such matters.
64. But his reluctance to address the topic now is probably indicative of his frustration over the matter.
65. It takes extra energy for an individual to work through the sources of reluctance we reviewed in Chapter Two.
66. The second aspect which can be noted is the reluctance of government sometimes to appreciate or accept possible resource implications.
67. This may sometimes be the result of lack of information and reluctance on the part of the carers to take measures to correct this.
68. There was moreover a great reluctance to intervene in the family itself.
69. There has been an historical reluctance on the part of the police to enforce the section, which is perhaps to be regretted.
70. Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and pretense of reluctance. George Bernard Shaw
71. Probably because of a diet of junk food and a general reluctance as a nation to exercise.
72. Sluggish gold and energy prices for most of 1995 helped explain investors' reluctance to venture into hard assets.
73. A credit crunch is the name economists give to a sudden reluctance among banks to lend money.
74. Reluctance to ask for emotional support from either relatives or friends. 6.
75. This act of betrayal is perhaps a more real reason for O'Brian's reluctance to talk about his early life.
76. They also help managers who listen well to identify sources of reluctance.
77. By the same token, though,[http://sentencedict.com/reluctance.html] the networks' reluctance to break molds deserves a context.
78. Local government was allocated these responsibilities with great reluctance only after the government had explored every other possibility.
79. There is also an apparent marked reluctance on the part of Ministers to agree Moorland Orders.
80. Whereas pity has to overcome a reluctance to be drawn into subjective awareness of another's suffering, cruelty welcomes it.
81. A wide variety of reasons exist for the reluctance to move outside the classroom in order to engage students in their learning.
82. She looked from one to the other, saw comradeship in the pretended reluctance of shared smiles.
83. There was a reluctance among some teachers to say openly that a particular answer to a question was wrong.
84. Yet extending family is such a decisive factor in the success of working parents, they really can not afford their reluctance.
85. More striking is evidence of reluctance by local groups to launch out into direct engagement with the public in open meetings.
86. In terms of radio propagation, varying electrical conductance in the ionosphere influences either the absorbency or reluctance of radio emissions.
87. Last year the Institute of Personnel Management warned companies that reluctance to hire older people was inefficient and harmed competitiveness.
88. Characteristic is a reluctance to admit the quantity consumed, drinking secretly alone, and taking gradually increasing amounts.
89. This reluctance to take office is recalled during the annual mayor-making in the council chamber of the town hall.
90. Some sectors, moreover, lagged behind completely, by force of circumstances or on account of reluctance to abandon traditional ways.
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