reluctant

Of course, Edwards will be reluctant to change a winning team but there are still issues to be addressed in the batting line-up.

Banks are fighting new competitors from Silicon Valley, and many workers remain reluctant to come to any office five days a week, making it harder to keep them around.

At the bottom of a bear market or a crash, many investors are reluctant to buy stocks even at cheap prices because of a fear of further losses.

"We came to London in reluctant support of the IMO's Net-Zero Framework. While it lacks the ambition that climate science demands, it does mark a significant step," he said.

For decades, rolling blackouts and urgent calls for energy conservation were part of life in California — a reluctant summer ritual almost as reliable as the heat waves that drove them.