He was an unwilling participant in the demonstration. unwilling contributions from city employees who felt pressured to do so
Recent Examples on the WebBut China thus far, has seemed unwilling to accept a ‘haircut’ on Sri Lankan debt. Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2022 Fixing that crisis requires more construction, and yet municipalities — like Arlington — remain largely unwilling to allow new development when the decision is left to them. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022 At their last meeting in June, commissioners proposed that Sheldon never be able to set foot inside Piala, a condition that Sheldon was unwilling to accept. Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 July 2022 But countries living in Russia’s shadow remain unwilling to leave their fortunes to chance. Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 3 July 2022 True, politicians are increasingly breaking the norms of decency, ideologues are increasingly uncivil, protesters are increasingly militant, and increasing numbers of Americans are unwilling to accept the outcomes of elections. Verlan Lewis And Hyrum Lewis, WSJ, 17 June 2022 Trump's influence over the Republican Party remains strong, leaving many GOP lawmakers unwilling to publicly accept Biden's election victory, some promulgating their own false claims of a fraudulent 2020 election. Lisa Mascaro, ajc, 14 May 2022 In general, states with more technologically advanced militaries have been unwilling to accept any constraints on the developments of AI technology. Branka Marijan, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2022 While a few big events like the US’ 2016 election and the UK’s Brexit helped bring this meddling to light, many remained unaware or unwilling to accept that Putin’s disinformation machine was influencing them on a wide range of issues. Tom Southern, Wired, 10 Mar. 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of unwilling was before the 12th century