averse
Example Sentences
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Choi isn’t averse to shtick, if the result is an explosion of audience laughter.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
As experienced surgeons leave, he says, the more junior ones lose their mentors and become increasingly "risk averse", only choosing to use the healthiest donated organs offered to them.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
If they are risk averse, they put >10 years of their net annual expenses in their fixed-income safety ballast and the rest in equities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Bell is careful to avoid direct reference to President Donald Trump, whose presence looms over Hollywood award shows -- and who is not averse to making his feelings known about hosts he does not like.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
“I am not averse to some flattery, indeed I am not, young prince. I have lived beneath these trees for longer than you have been alive, certainly.”
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
Vocabulary lists containing averse
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 2
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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