He was an unwilling participant in the demonstration. unwilling contributions from city employees who felt pressured to do so
Recent Examples on the WebBut Congress remains unwilling or unable to take on the types of mass surveillance that social-media firms use to make billions, or that intelligence agencies use to grow their ever-expanding pool of data.—Albert Fox Cahn, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2024 So far, American negotiators have been unwilling to push for measures in the treaty that would drive big cuts in plastic waste, critics say, like caps on manufacturing.—Michael Copley, NPR, 23 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unwilling
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First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of unwilling was
before the 12th century
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