Synonym: disinclined, grudging, loath, unwilling. Antonym: willing. Similar words: relevant, instant, distant, constant, assistant, instantly, important, consultant. Meaning: [rɪ'lʌktənt] adj. 1. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom 2. unwilling to become involved 3. not eager.
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91. Were they reluctant to open themselves, as the process required, to people they disliked and disagreed with?
92. Several thousand soldiers desert every year, and military prosecutors, knowing the conditions, are reluctant to punish them.
93. A Wilson spokesman said the governor is reluctant to approve a state takeover of a federal responsibility.
94. For those who are reluctant, understand why and do something about it.
95. And the predominantly male legal establishment is naturally reluctant to be dispossessed.
96. In any case many rulers were for long reluctant to send ambassadors to foreign capitals if a lower-ranking representative would suffice.
97. It began to cohere into a picture that my mind was very reluctant to develop.
98. Apart from me getting crushed against the door, friends are reluctant to help out - understandably!
99. Although reluctant, Davis accepted the appointment and worked for the inspectorate from 1878 to 1884.
100. The clientele ranges from young revellers to local residents, culture vultures to sober-suited lawyers reluctant to go home.
101. A court or tribunal will be reluctant to conclude that your contract has been frustrated.
102. Smith and Petrossian, the corporals, were checking kit, pushing among the reluctant men.
103. But they were very reluctant to attend antenatal classes and so this club had been set up in response to this.
104. Councils are reluctant to allocate finance for temporary schemes(sentencedict.com), so community groups sometimes take a hand.
105. Dole has endorsed the concept of a flat tax but has been reluctant to commit to specifics.
106. Mandru's agent had been outbid, however, and he'd been reluctant to return home empty-handed.
107. Last of all came Fiver, dejected and reluctant as a sparrow in the frost.
108. This is because the older workers' protected situation may make employers reluctant to hire them.
109. Mrs Frizzell felt a reluctant admiration for her husband swelling up in her.
110. Superiors are reluctant to delegate authority because they retain absolute responsibility for the performance of their subordinates.
111. He behaved as a benevolent autocrat, but was reluctant to delegate, suspicious, and secretive.
112. People usually are fearful of and reluctant to change, but they have learned that change is necessary if they are to better themselves and their lives. Dr T.P.Chia
113. Sometime last summer and she has been very reluctant to get another one.
114. They enrolled here expecting much and are reluctant to abandon ship(sentencedict.com), though I have argued with them.
115. Now, in the reluctant dawn light, he stood eyeing the carriage and rubbing his grizzled chin.
116. People reluctant to learn new music tend to take a similar attitude to new forms of service or variations within it.
117. The school administration seemed reluctant to let students broadcast on this increasingly lucrative enterprise.
118. Nonspecialists are often reluctant to diagnose depression, which can produce symptoms ranging from insomnia to pelvic pain, Thompson says.
119. The Customs officer, policeman, and magistrate began to nod, at first uncertain, reluctant, then with growing accord.
120. He would have been reluctant to accede if she had.
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