loath
Example Sentences
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Less price-conscious consumers have already purchased their cars and now he’s seeing more people who’ve held out for years because they are loath to take on higher car payments.
Afterward, from 2014 to 2018, public financing dried up as the state, loath to enable more graft, examined expenditures with extreme caution.
From New York Times
But theorists are loath to tinker with it because it explains so many things so well: the observed distribution of galaxies, the abundances of primordial gases, and the accelerating expansion of the universe.
From Science Magazine
Such reparative civic work often requires artists to compete with one another and to cater to myriad stakeholders who see their work as a “political symbol” — which Leigh, for one, is loath to do.
From New York Times
Despite sweeping actions by the Federal Reserve, Treasury and F.D.I.C. to protect clients’ deposits and assets and shore up confidence in the country’s banks, President Biden is loath to use the term “bailout.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.