disinclined
adjective
dis·in·clined
ˌdis-in-ˈklīnd 
: unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval
Examples of disinclined in a Sentence
disinclined to pay his friends a visit without calling first
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Moscow had upped the intensity of its missile and drone strikes on Ukraine in recent weeks, drawing sharp rebuke from Trump, who is disinclined to overly criticize the Kremlin.
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Studios—which are already struggling to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic and multiple strikes in a splintered media landscape—could be disinclined to go forward with certain projects at all, if the costs or penalties seem prohibitively high.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 May 2025
Clubs that never were expected to contend usually are disinclined to make a change before the All-Star break.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The peshmerga, the military forces of Iraq’s two main Kurdish political parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, would be disinclined to halt Iranian troop movement that does not threaten their own interests.
—Ehud Yaari, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2017
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Studios—which are already struggling to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic and multiple strikes in a splintered media landscape—could be disinclined to go forward with certain projects at all, if the costs or penalties seem prohibitively high.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 May 2025
Clubs that never were expected to contend usually are disinclined to make a change before the All-Star break.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The peshmerga, the military forces of Iraq’s two main Kurdish political parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, would be disinclined to halt Iranian troop movement that does not threaten their own interests.
—Ehud Yaari, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2017
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“Disinclined.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disinclined. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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