unwilling

[ uhn-wil-ing ]

/ ʌnˈwɪl ɪŋ /

not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.

opposed; offering resistance; stubborn or obstinate; refractory: an unwilling captive.

Origin of unwilling

before 900; Old English unwillende (not recorded in ME); see un-¹, willing

un·will·ing·ly, adverb un·will·ing·ness, noun

A few years ago, Crowder stopped making the screws because Spinal Solutions was unwilling to pay a fair price, he said.

Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’ |The Center for Investigative Reporting |November 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Obama administration has pulled together a coalition as ineffectual as it is unwilling.

There’s Only One Way to Beat ISIS: Work With Assad and Iran |Leslie H. Gelb |October 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In general, Isfahan authorities have been unwilling to speak on the matter.

Acid Attacks on Women Spread Terror in Iran |IranWire |October 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Many are unwilling to admit that bigotry has entered the mainstream.

Why Bigotry Persists |Stephen Eric Bronner |September 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Some actors feel the studios are unwilling to take chances with these huge global revenues by taking risks in casting.

Fear of a Minority Superhero: Marvel's Obsession with White Guys Saving the World |Marlow Stern |August 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For the most part, they were not unwilling to sustain the Turkish Government.

With the Turks in Palestine |Alexander Aaronsohn
We expect to be caught with chaff, like fractious colts coquetting with the halter and secretly not unwilling to be caught.

Unveiling a Parallel |Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Marchant
The East Side insisted on being seen, and I was not unwilling.

Your United States |Arnold Bennett
The pear grows on some of the hawthorns, but it is an unwilling subject on the apple.

Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets |Various
He closed Graham's unwilling fingers over the money and skipped away.

The Fortune Hunter |Louis Joseph Vance

unwilling

/ (ʌnˈwɪlɪŋ) /

unfavourably inclined; reluctant

performed, given, or said with reluctance

unwillingly, adverb unwillingness, noun