reluctance
Example Sentences
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Max Huntsman announced plans to step down and shared a list of grievances against county officials, including cuts to his office and reluctance to implement many of its recommended reforms.
From Los Angeles Times
The lack of data reflects not the absence of cases but an institutional reluctance to name the motive, creating a statistical blind spot in which policy can’t effectively operate.
The move was striking in part because one criticism of Altman’s leadership has been his reluctance to put limits on what the company can accomplish.
The doctors explore the psychology behind our reluctance to turn things down, and how we can become more comfortable protecting our boundaries.
From BBC
He added there had been an "apparent reluctance" by the cathedral to work with him to find a solution to budgetary problems.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
