unwillingness
Example Sentences
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Contributing to that assessment, he claimed, is a perceived inability or unwillingness to effectively fight certain types of crime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The government's retreat marks a rare reversal for a leader whose brand has for more than a decade projected strength and an unwillingness to back down.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
No matter what was intimated in back-channel talks, the unwillingness of Iran’s regime to put substantive nuclear commitments in the memorandum of understanding is a warning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
The BMA said he had showed "the same unwillingness to move" as his predecessor, the former health secretary Wes Streeting.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
There was something unseemly about it, this unwillingness to be forthcoming, to state your origins plainly.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
