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is loath
adjective
Unwilling, reluctant; averse, disinclined
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The adjective meaning "reluctant" is "loath".
But the group is loath to interfere with wildfowl conservation.
He is loath to get off point or behind schedule.
It's a question he is loath to answer.
"His crew is loath to spend anything to raise money".
Those votes mean the government is loath to stop the flow of money.
Hezbollah is loath to escalate domestically for fear of provoking the buildup of Sunni militias.
Onstage, Mars is loath to deviate from where his elders have gone.
The Obama administration, increasingly concerned by the size of federal deficits, is loath to spend more.
Brea is undergoing a serious crisis of faith that she is loath to admit.
The European Central Bank, too, is loath to acknowledge any limitations on its monetary policy arsenal.
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