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She is disinclined to spend money while she is still in debt.disinclined = reluctant
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I'm disinclined to believe him.
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All that he said threw greatly into the shade Cornelius Agrippa, Albertus Magnus, and Paracelsus, the lords of my imagination; but by some fatality the overthrow of these men disinclined me to pursue my accustomed studies. (source)disinclined = made reluctant
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Fanny was very anxious to be useful, and not to appear above her home, or in any way disqualified or disinclined, by her foreign education, from contributing her help to its comforts, and therefore set about working for Sam immediately; and by working early and late, with perseverance and great despatch, did so much that the boy was shipped off at last, with more than half his linen ready. (source)disinclined = reluctant
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Children can be harsh judges when it comes to their parents, disinclined to grant clemency, and this was especially true in Chris's case.† (source)disinclined = feeling reluctant to do something
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Certainly, he wept for his friend, that generous yet temperamental soul who only briefly found his moment in time—and who, like this forlorn child, was disinclined to condemn the world for all its injustices.† (source)
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No matter how important the cause, parents are disinclined to send their children into danger, as well they should be.† (source)disinclined = feeling reluctant to do something
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But rendered useless by his fear and his disinclination to action.† (source)disinclination = a feeling of reluctance to do somethingstandard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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But I felt it; and it did not disincline me towards him; though I felt impatience at what seemed like mystery in him, so imperfectly as he was known to me then.† (source)disincline = to make reluctant to do something
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On the contrary, having the amiable vanity which knits us to those who are fond of us, and disinclines us to those who are indifferent, and also a good grateful nature, the mere idea that a woman had a kindness towards him spun little threads of tenderness from out his heart towards hers.† (source)disinclines = makes reluctant to do something
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"Now more than ever," he said, but now more condescending than before, "Washington is trying to save money, and is disinclined to build vast new bureaucracies from scratch.† (source)disinclined = feeling reluctant to do something
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He had not only public opinion but his own disinclination for the big wedding to support it without incongruity or paradox, as Ellen had her aunt as well as her own desire for the big wedding to support it without incongruity or paradox.† (source)disinclination = a feeling of reluctance to do something
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Their conversation the preceding evening did not disincline him to seek her again; and they walked together some time, talking as before of Mr Scott and Lord Byron, and still as unable as before, and as unable as any other two readers, to think exactly alike of the merits of either, till something occasioned an almost general change amongst their party, and instead of Captain Benwick, she had Captain Harville by her side.† (source)disincline = to make reluctant to do something
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Altogether too exciting to the Congolese, and disinclined to let White control the board, preferring the counsel and company of Black.† (source)disinclined = feeling reluctant to do something
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Carley felt hurt at his apparent disinclination to confide in her.† (source)disinclination = a feeling of reluctance to do something
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Both Zebene and Woineshet are quiet and unassuming but possess steel spines; both are disinclined to back down.† (source)disinclined = feeling reluctant to do something
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