unwilling

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• /ʌnˈwɪlɪŋ/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English willing English unwilling From un- + willing.

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: неохотен (neohoten) — not willing; reluctant
• Catalan: reaci — not willing; reluctant
• Chinese Mandarin: 不情願 /不情愿 (bù qíngyuàn) — not willing; reluctant
• Czech: neochotný — not willing; reluctant
• Finnish: haluton — not willing; reluctant
• Finnish: vastahakoinen — not willing; reluctant
• French: réticent — not willing; reluctant
• German: unwillig — not willing; reluctant
• Ancient Greek: ἄκων (ákōn) — not willing; reluctant
• Irish: drogallach — not willing; reluctant
• Latin: invītus — not willing; reluctant
• Manx: neuaignagh — not willing; reluctant
• Manx: neuarryltagh — not willing; reluctant
• Manx: neuwooiagh — not willing; reluctant
• Māori: ngākaukore — not willing; reluctant
• Māori: whakatohetohe — not willing; reluctant
• Māori: horokukū — not willing; reluctant
• Māori: whakawhēuaua — not willing; reluctant
• Māori: korongata — not willing; reluctant
• Māori: manawapā — not willing; reluctant
• Māori: kōroiroi — not willing; reluctant
• Persian: بیمیل (bi-meyl) — not willing; reluctant
• Polish: niechętny — not willing; reluctant
• Polish: niełatwy — not willing; reluctant
• Polish: nieskłonny — not willing; reluctant
• Portuguese: indisposto — not willing; reluctant
• Russian: нерасполо́женный (neraspolóžennyj) — not willing; reluctant
• Russian: нескло́нный (nesklónnyj) — not willing; reluctant
• Russian: неохо́тный (neoxótnyj) — not willing; reluctant
• Scottish Gaelic: aindeònach — not willing; reluctant
• Scottish Gaelic: leisg — not willing; reluctant
• Spanish: no dispuesto — not willing; reluctant
• Spanish: poco voluntarioso — not willing; reluctant
• Spanish: nada listoco — not willing; reluctant
• Spanish: poco gustoso — not willing; reluctant
• Spanish: imprestable — not willing; reluctant
• Turkish: gönülsüz — not willing; reluctant
• Turkish: isteksiz — not willing; reluctant
• Turkish: hevessiz — not willing; reluctant