reluctant

Example Sentences

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Many employers are reluctant to hire workers, including people looking for part-time jobs in retirement, because they’re apprehensive about the economy.

From MarketWatch

Economic and trade uncertainty made some companies more reluctant to add workers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Luxury brands have been understandably reluctant to get involved with the messy business of selling secondhand goods.

From The Wall Street Journal

Both Kyiv and Moscow have regularly published estimates of the other side's losses but they have been reluctant to detail their own.

From BBC

Major investors and tenants also remain reluctant to entrust multibillion-dollar decisions to unproven platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal