unwillingness

unwilling | American Dictionary

unwilling
adjective
us/ʌnˈwɪl·ɪŋ/
not wanting to do something:
[ + to infinitive ]The bank was unwilling to lend her money.

unwillingly

adverb[ not gradable ]us/ʌnˈwɪl·ɪŋ·li/

unwillingness

noun[ U ]us/ʌnˈwɪl·ɪŋ·nəs/

Examples of unwilling

unwilling
Further, they depended economically on the companies, and these were unwilling to pay higher prices.
Nor was the other merely a tiny and unreconstructed minority unwilling to learn from its mistakes.
What they give us, these contributors who were unable, or unwilling, to follow this standardized approach, are the best models of the man.
Of course, this is just the sort of thing that most of the poorest nations are unwilling or unable to do.
Unwilling to accept this change in legal status, the expatriate originaire community once again petitioned the administration.
Unable and unwilling to rely on an urban treatment network, voluntary providers turned their backs on the city.
Fiscal earnings were not the only reason why some governors were unwilling to enforce these laws.
However, his best efforts failed to resolve this conflict since both sides were unwilling to compromise.
Given that several control-patients reported eating uncooked frankfurters, we have no reason to believe that case-patients would be unwilling to admit this practice.
Some women were unwilling to use a child to patch up a precarious relationship or to build a relationship where none existed.
For other women, rigid adherence to calendar or basal temperature charting may be negated by a husband who is unwilling to cooperate.
The ministry responsible for local government has been unwilling to issue an overview of those communities that are regarded as chronic nonpayers of service charges.
Alternatives for those unfit or unwilling for surgery include endoscopic ablation or resection.
Alternatively, self-maximizers may have been unwilling to report themselves as such.
It was not surprising to learn that almost half of the population was either unable or unwilling to adopt some of the technology.
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