"unwilling" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈwɪlɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-unwilling.ogg [US] Forms: more unwilling [comparative], most unwilling [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ Etymology: From un- + willing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|willing}} un- + willing Head templates: {{en-adj}} unwilling (comparative more unwilling, superlative most unwilling)
  1. Not willing; reluctant Derived forms: unwillingly [adverb] Translations (not willing; reluctant): ἄκων (ákōn) (Ancient Greek), неохотен (neohoten) (Bulgarian), reaci (Catalan), 不情願 (Chinese Mandarin), 不情愿 (bù qíngyuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), neochotný [masculine] (Czech), haluton (Finnish), vastahakoinen (Finnish), réticent (French), unwillig (German), drogallach (Irish), invītus (Latin), neuaignagh (Manx), neuarryltagh (Manx), neuwooiagh (Manx), ngākaukore (Maori), whakatohetohe (Maori), horokukū (Maori), whakawhēuaua (Maori), korongata (Maori), manawapā (Maori), kōroiroi (Maori), بیمیل (bi-meyl) (Persian), niechętny (Polish), niełatwy (Polish), nieskłonny (Polish), indisposto (Portuguese), нерасполо́женный (neraspolóžennyj) (Russian), нескло́нный (nesklónnyj) (Russian), неохо́тный (neoxótnyj) (Russian), aindeònach (Scottish Gaelic), leisg (Scottish Gaelic), involuntario (Spanish), reticente (Spanish), indispuesto (Spanish), renitente (Spanish), gönülsüz (Turkish), isteksiz (Turkish), hevessiz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-unwilling-en-adj-aXNqZmg- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

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