as in forced
not made or done willingly or by choice
unwilling contributions from city employees who felt pressured to do so
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Recent Examples of unwilling
The answer is that the second-tier California candidates this year, unlike Buttigieg and Klobuchar in 2020, were unwilling to put their egos aside for the greater good.
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Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Sherman, over the years, has declined to publicly discuss whether the team’s low payroll is a result of financial limitations, a personal preference not to spend, or whether his business partners are unwilling to accept cash calls.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
Security was unwilling to move them.
—Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
Local lawyers have been unwilling to take on a malpractice case because Waldorf didn’t die or end up with permanent injuries.
—Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 26 May 2026
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Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Sherman, over the years, has declined to publicly discuss whether the team’s low payroll is a result of financial limitations, a personal preference not to spend, or whether his business partners are unwilling to accept cash calls.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
Security was unwilling to move them.
—Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
Local lawyers have been unwilling to take on a malpractice case because Waldorf didn’t die or end up with permanent injuries.
—Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwilling
Adjective
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The French Cour d’appel de Versailles determined that a child could claim against assets located in France even though the decedent had validly designated the succession laws of a foreign country that did not recognize forced heirship.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Stephen Colbert, Letterman’s successor as host of CBS’s The Late Show for the past 11 years, is leaving his job under more forced, awkward circumstances.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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The right pair of shorts or cropped pants can keep you cool and comfortable on long walks to explore new neighborhoods, lazy afternoons at outdoor cafes, hikes to a waterfall or outlook, and spontaneous detours to the beach.—
Robin Raven,
Travel + Leisure,
3 June 2026
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That instinct toward image-as-communication shapes the film’s central tension, between the deliberate, enduring photographs made at father-in-law Makoto’s traditional photo studio and the spontaneous clips Yuta fires off on his phone.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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Call volume during a typical Patriots game can more than double - hundreds of additional calls for help; Some true emergencies, others accidental pocket dials.—
Juli McDonald,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Invasive species The authors of the research paper recommend that all incoming extraterrestrial samples be handled exclusively through advanced robotic systems within the lunar facility, minimizing the possibility of human exposure and accidental release.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
3 June 2026
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Such coerced displacement did not — and could not — extinguish rights guaranteed by a still-valid agreement.—
Shaun Chapoose,
Denver Post,
20 May 2026
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Russia has targeted the children through coerced adoption and family separation, forcing them to speak the Russian language and take on its cultural identity and customs — what’s known as Russification.—
Shahrzad Rasekh,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
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“Unwilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwilling. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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