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reluctance

noun as in disinclination

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That reluctance has contributed to low rates of economic growth in the U.K.

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An investigator with the terrorism unit revealed a widespread reluctance among his colleagues to proceed with the charges.

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"It's not that I don't understand where it's going. We understand that. But there is absolutely a reluctance to look the future in the face for now."

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Routledge overcame her initial reluctance to perform his scripts and excelled as A Woman of No Importance and A Lady of Letters.

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With all that in mind, it is understandable Glasner has, at best, shown a reluctance to commit.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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