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Meaning of Unwillingness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The property of being unwilling.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية إباء الإحجام
Български неохота
Čeština neochota
Dansk uvilje
Deutsch Unwilligkeit
Ελληνικά απροθυμία
Español mala gana
Suomi haluttomuus vastahakoisuus
Gaeilge drogall leisce
Gàidhlig mì-thoil
Italiano riluttanza
日本語 不本意
Latina noluntas
Nederlands onwil
Polski niechęć
Русский нежелание неохота
Svenska obenägenhet olust ovilja ovillighet
Türkçe gönülsüzlük

Examples

“In the second extract, the teacher formulated Anna's resistance as reported by Tonie as a prewillingness rather than unwillingness. She constructed Anna's prewillingness as founded in her precompetence, rather than incompetence.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Unwin Unwind unwindase unwinder Unwinding Unwinds

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