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Recent Examples of disinclination Horowitz’s disinclination to pay his bills has inspired complaints over the years, some on legal stationery. Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 Its weakness is an intermittent lack of vulnerability and an occasional disinclination to leave all of that behind and pull out individual characters who have figured out that their travails flow from the difficulty of stopping American family life from turning into a Sam Shepard play. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025 On the contrary, these works form a trail of historical and imagined personalities, full of desires and disinclinations that misalign. Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2025 Durant’s disinclination to play for the Warriors doesn’t necessarily prohibit them from trading for him. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disinclination
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinclination
Noun
  • Indeed, behind all of this is the administration's reluctance to support Ukraine, which allies might see as applying to themselves, and China might see as applying to Taiwan.
    Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Women’s reluctance to compete has been well-documented.
    Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The valley has long leaned Democratic, but with an unusual political mix: a general dislike of getting too involved in Washington’s business coupled with an at-times contradictory mix of libertarian individualism, Bay Area activism and belief in the ability of science to solve the world’s problems.
    Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Self-care, no matter the time of year, means respecting Bernie Taupin’s dislike of The Big Picture.
    Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In fact, her personal hatred of gripping challenges even served as her Survivor hot take below.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • That ecstatic communal experience is a glorious moment of freedom for oppressed people, most of them living hand-to-mouth in an environment of hatred and exploitation.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Aimee Lou Wood, our beloved Chelsea, went on Instagram Stories with her distaste for Sarah Sherman’s impression.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Fans are livid and continue to post on X, formerly known as Twitter, to express their distaste.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025

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