The word 'loath' is correct and can be used in written English.
It is an adjective used to describe an aversion or reluctance to do something, or a general dislike or distaste for it. For example: "She was loath to go out in the rain, but she did it anyway."
I'm loath to use a Member's valedictory in this way.
These forces loath the alphabet soup of supranational governance institutions – the EU, the UN, the WTO, and the IMF, among others – that globalisation requires.
The CHP could partner with the MHP, but they would still need the HDP's support, and the nationalists would be loath to rub elbows with the Kurds.If a government is not formed within 45 days, Mr Erdogan will be forced to call new elections.
Trevor Stirling of Bernstein Research thinks the justice department may insist that AB InBev dispose of brewing operations in Mexico to clear the transaction, which it will be loath to do.
Mr Mulally once told The Economist that senior executives were loath to discuss problems on their watch for fear of hurting their career.
"You don't find many other airlines doing it".Having been stung in its previous expansion, BA is loath to consider fresh continental forays.
By contrast, in Italy many firms are still run by their founders, who are loath to train up younger leaders to replace themselves.
But the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sets limits on the number of scholarships schools can offer that are well below the total number of players, an universities are loath to build white-elephant stadiums for teams that typically draw just a few hundred fans.
That may appeal to a few fiscally conservative politicians, but most are loath to squeeze popular social programmes in an election year.Recent history does not portend well for fiscal restraint: non-defence discretionary spending was rising sharply long before the war on terrorism.
Apparently, he had to the authority all along to grant waivers to any community that convincingly requested one, but the White House was loath to use it as an option.President Obama called the agreement a "step forward" and said "[we] can't afford to let politics in Washington hamper our recovery".
Many British voters may loath Brussels, but their jobs are likely to come before their love of "sovereignty".
