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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181. Peasants and rural governments are reluctant to come clean about anything that might disrupt local economies.
182. Refiners have been reluctant to ratchet down prices, hoping to capture as much profit as possible lest prices shoot higher again, said Sander Cohan, principal at energy consultancy ESAI Inc.
183. Reluctant to release Ajiaxi back to nature, ?the nail-biting zoologists?put Ajiaxi into a spacious cage where he lived a superior and sex-free life until Liana came to him.
184. BEIJING (Reuters) - Soccer often seems to be in the wrong company at the Olympics, but like an unwelcome guest it is reluctant to leave the party.
185. Further, the two new programs allow the Fed to essentially side-step banks that have been reluctant to lend, and instead push money almost straight into Main Street.
186. Though, there is a leader in the travel team, tourists may lose the way when reluctant to leave some scenery spots or other reasons due to their unfamiliarity with the scenery spots.
187. This is why customers are reluctant to buy when someone asks them to prepay for a service or product or sign a long-term contract.
More similar words: relevant, instant, distant, constant, assistant, instantly, important, consultant, substantial, importantly, substantially, hallelujah, dictate, spectacle, spectacular, auction, conduct, product, rely, instruct, reduction, relax, barely, structure, construct, relief, rely on, relate, or else, barrel.