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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dis-in-kluh-ney-shuh n, dis-in-
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˌɪn kləˈneɪ ʃən, ˌdɪs ɪn-



Definition of disinclination

Origin :
  • 1640s; see dis- + inclination.
  • noun unwillingness to do or believe something
Example sentences :
  • And the reason of his disinclination was that he scarcely desired to encounter Geraldine.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
  • My disinclination for it before was affected, but now it is real.
  • Extract from : « Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters » by William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
  • I had never been in a plane in my life, and this for no other reason than disinclination.
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • He started to walk home, but still felt that disinclination to face the colonel.
  • Extract from : « Jack O' Judgment » by Edgar Wallace
  • Why this weariness, this disinclination to speak, unless it be shouting or raving?
  • Extract from : « Virgin Soil » by Ivan S. Turgenev
  • With the causes of this disinclination we are not now concerned.
  • Extract from : « Modern Women and What is Said of Them » by Anonymous
  • Our bearers, however, had for some time shown a disinclination to proceed.
  • Extract from : « In the Wilds of Africa » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • But I suspect we have ourselves to thank for the disinclination.
  • Extract from : « The Gorilla Hunters » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • They arrived in battalions, and evinced no disinclination to make her acquaintance.
  • Extract from : « The Magnificent Montez » by Horace Wyndham
  • I frankly told Bolingbroke my disinclination to the Chevalier.
  • Extract from : « Devereux, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Synonyms for disinclination

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