noun
the trait of being unwilling
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his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made
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in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton
• Syn: ↑unwillingness
• Ant: ↑willingness (for: ↑unwillingness)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑unwilling (for: ↑unwillingness)
• Hypernyms: ↑disposition, ↑temperament
• Hyponyms: ↑reluctance, ↑hesitancy, ↑hesitation, ↑disinclination, ↑indisposition, ↑resistance
Useful english dictionary. 2012.