‘Lucy felt a strong disinclination to talk about her engagement’
‘I don't mind, since I lack what some presume is a male disinclination to matters domestic.’
‘But in him the disinclination runs particularly deep.’
‘Trying the cigarettes, which I did mainly to impress a girl, only confirmed the disinclination I felt in the first place.’
‘This was partly due to a growing disinclination to lock up convicted offenders, and partly to the decreasing ability of the police to clear up crimes.’
‘And yet she doesn't think that the disinclination towards marriage today has much to do with broken homes or no great love.’
‘When the mutated genes were inherited, the disinclination towards wealth exposure passed on.’
‘Hounds that show a disinclination to kill are kicked or whipped as punishment, and may later be put down.’
‘There was a tendency to abuse freedom, and a disinclination to accept systems.’
‘In politics there was little to commend a disinclination to cause offence.’
‘Later their son was to display a similar disinclination to lengthy relationships.’
‘It is not just that there is a disinclination to believe what is put in front of us.’
‘The disinclination of the vendor to part with his land and the urgent necessity of the purchaser to buy must alike be disregarded.’
‘As a consequence, many have shown a disinclination to embrace the president's program.’
‘She reports a disinclination to continue with her crafts and seems predisposed to a bit of lethargy.’
‘One strength of intellectual life is the disinclination to develop easy answers.’
‘Another is a disinclination to use his ears where musical influence is concerned.’
‘If this is true, then the natural disinclination to talk has gone too far.’
‘The weapons' effects should result in either physical inability or mental disinclination to resist.’
‘His disinclination matters more in international arenas than in domestic politics.’
‘He could have been no one, just a stranger, just a classmate, just one of Eva's numerous ex-boyfriends, just a person who I had no particular inclination or disinclination for.’
reluctance, unwillingness, lack of enthusiasm, indisposition, slowness, hesitancy, hesitance, diffidence