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disinclination

[dis-in-kluh-ney-shuhn, dis-in-] / dɪsˌɪn kləˈneɪ ʃən, ˌdɪs ɪn- /


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His posture toward Ukraine weekly demonstrates that disinclination.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

That can produce psychic numbing, the inability or disinclination to feel, which can reach the point of immobilization.

From Salon Dec. 27, 2024

Cui said that disinclination is partly because high existing household savings would necessitate a cash infusion of hundreds of billions of dollars to make a notable impact.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 24, 2024

That strict sense of propriety, as well as a disinclination to privilege the individual above the collective, that made him reluctant to discuss his intimate habits and feelings.

From New York Times Nov. 30, 2022

At other times, he had such a disinclination to work, that he could not complete a piece till the moment of its performance.

From Curiosities of Human Nature by Anonymous




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