be unwilling

Example Sentences

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However, some GPs said they would be unwilling to prescribe the drugs due to their lack of specialist knowledge.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

State Department assessments concluded that Putin would ultimately be unwilling to relinquish maximalist demands—a conclusion that outside analysts have also made in recent months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

And without a pressing geopolitical threat, Congress may be unwilling to spend more on space exploration, as it did during the 1960s with the Apollo program, Forczyk said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

How ironic for people, normally so concerned with personal identity, to be unwilling to put their names proudly alongside their rhetoric.

From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2023

I’m embarrassed—no, angry at myself—for not approaching them earlier, wrongly assuming they might be unwilling to stand up to the Director.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed