uneager

Example Sentences

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A number of clergy were hesitant to speak with me, and those who did struck me as cautious and uneager to speculate without better evidence.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2021

The Kurds, who in the past two years have vastly expanded the amount of land that they control, seem uneager to relinquish any of it.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 29, 2017

It seems uneager to raise interest rates absent stronger evidence of inflationary pressures.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2015

Or the governor of Alaska, uneager to risk human lives to save seemingly doomed animals.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2012

"Yes, it's Spurling," replied the traveller in a hoarse, uneager voice; then, "Has anyone been here before me?"

From Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin by Dawson, Coningsby