Thesaurus / disinclination

disinclination

How to use disinclination in a sentence

Here was one cause of his disinclination to meet his wife—having to keep up the farce of Dr. Ashton's action.

ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOOD

His flow of speech is incessant; he seems not a whit disconcerted by my evident disinclination to talk.

There is a marked disinclination on the part of those who have been our slaves to accept orders from anyone.

THE DOUBLE FOURE. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

The English people have no disinclination to refer to high authorities on these matters.

Their "lameness" and "ineptness" and "impotence" plainly arose from disinclination alone.

That was something much more important than his disinclination to DC with the Knippel boys.

MAEZLIJOHANNA SPYRI

My disinclination for it before was affected, but now it is real.

JANE AUSTEN, HER LIFE AND LETTERSWILLIAM AUSTEN-LEIGH AND RICHARD ARTHUR AUSTEN-LEIGH

The first indications usually are a disinclination to rest in the usual place, seeking a dark corner beneath a sofa, etc.

That I did not join myself to the battle, was less owing to disinclination, than to the bonds of the heathen.

Disinclination was soon apparent in a suggestively large number of the men to occupy their proper places on parade.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985