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
Should the Heat prove unable or unwilling to move Butler by Feb. 6, then a degree of leverage could return to Butler, who has a June 29 deadline to invoke his $52.4 million 2025-26 player option on his current Heat contract.
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025
At the end of his life, Lynch, diagnosed with emphysema from decades of smoking cigarettes, told press his world had shrunk, unwilling to risk developing COVID from a society refusing to mask.
—Lex McMenamin, Them, 16 Jan. 2025
But, unable or perhaps unwilling to sufficiently imagine these things, Tuck reduces Czesława to an amalgam of facts, details, and anecdotes—a person viewed from the outside in.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
Talks in Qatar have focused on narrowing long-standing gaps between Hamas and Israel, with both sides unwilling to compromise on key demands.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025
At the end of his life, Lynch, diagnosed with emphysema from decades of smoking cigarettes, told press his world had shrunk, unwilling to risk developing COVID from a society refusing to mask.
—Lex McMenamin, Them, 16 Jan. 2025
But, unable or perhaps unwilling to sufficiently imagine these things, Tuck reduces Czesława to an amalgam of facts, details, and anecdotes—a person viewed from the outside in.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
Talks in Qatar have focused on narrowing long-standing gaps between Hamas and Israel, with both sides unwilling to compromise on key demands.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwilling
Adjective
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Fiske began shining for Los Angeles down the stretch; he was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month in November, recording 35 tackles, eight tackles for loss, a forced fumble, and five sacks in the month.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Wallace, who led the team with two forced fumbles, had an up-and-down stint as a starter before going down with a shoulder injury in Week 14.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2025
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My creative process is instinctive and spontaneous.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Read More: These Are the Best Ways to Improve Your Memory In addition, bus drivers, aircraft pilots, and ship captains—the jobs with less spontaneous decision-making—had Alzheimer’s death rates typical of the rest of the population.—
Christopher M. Worsham,
TIME,
14 Jan. 2025
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And while their first born, Luna takes after her cheeky mom (see her accidental recreation of Teigen's famous meme face), the other three — Miles, 6, Esti, 19 months and Wren, 14 months — are Legend's miniature twins.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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Key Background Musk has yet to elaborate on the gesture made Monday, though defenders such as the Anti-Defamation League have chalked up the action to being accidental or awkward as opposed to an intentional Nazi salute.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Unwilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwilling. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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