Word Finder - disinclined

definition

To make reluctant; to lessen the inclination of.

definition

Not inclined; having a disinclination; being unwilling.

But demands for more lines were constantly arising, and the existing companies, in view of their financial position, were disinclined to undertake their construction.

Though disinclined to work, the Cambodians make good hunters and woodsmen.

Nenner is very disinclined to cast his scholarly eye across the Channel.

Suckling lambs with orf lesions may be disinclined to suck and ewes with sore teats may not let their lambs feed.

The defense was also disinclined to use the ' alternative suspect ' evidence.

But I feel strongly disinclined to make the switch.

But its a question that our scientific and academic establishment seemed disinclined to even consider.

The population is chiefly composed of Indians who form a sturdy, docile labouring class, but are in great part strongly disinclined to accept the civilization of the dominant white race.

At this time the British, wearied of South African troubles, were disinclined to respond to native appeals for help. Consequently the Boers proceeded without let or hindrance with their conquest and annexation of territory.

But perhaps you are ethically disinclined to purchase a handbag that costs as much as it does to feed an immigrant family for a month.

There's a good chance many of your neighbors will be disinclined to get out and walk their dogs when the weather is bad, which is where your kids can step in.

The execution of the surplus of the general reform of the church in its head and members was left in the hands of the future pope, who had to proceed conjointly with the council, or rather with a commission appointed by the nations - in other words, once the new pope was elected, the fathers, conscious of their impotence, were disinclined to postpone their dispersion until the laborious achievement of the reform.

Augustus was ageing fast, and was more and more disinclined to appear personally in the senate or in public. Yet in A.D.

There arose therefore two parties in the House, one ready to trust the king, the other disinclined to put any confidence in him at all.

This new quasi-monophysitism disinclined the Lutherans to make much of Christ's humanity, while the Reformed, partly from the scholarly tradition of Calvin, partly from a polemical motive, laid great emphasis on the manhood.

At first merchants appeared disinclined to take advantage of the opportunities offered them at Shanghai.

As a result, people feel increasingly disenfranchised and increasingly disinclined to engage with future consultations.

The Prophet was naturally disinclined to compose verse, and was forbidden to do so by Divine Law.

But the Upper House steadily supported Estrup, who was disinclined to accept any such compromise.

In several respects he bettered the economic conditions of the papal states, but was disinclined to undertake the needed thoroughgoing reform of its administration.

Though very far from being hampered by any dogmatic philosophical or religious system of the past, his mind, until near the end, found sufficient satisfaction in the Christian view of life to make it indifferent to the restless, inquiring spirit of the present, and disinclined to play with any more recent solution of life's problems. He had no sympathy with either scepticism or formal dogmatism, and no need to hazard rash guesses respecting man's destiny.

For our part, we are not disinclined to believe that the Robin Hood story has some historical basis, however fanciful and romantic the superstructure.

The rough experience of this voyage did more than endow him with renewed health; it changed him from a dreamy, sensitive boy, hereditarily disinclined to any sort of active career, into a selfreliant, energetic man, with broad interests and keen sympathies.

This is then kept for three days; if no good fortune results it is concluded either that the spirit did not enter the object selected, or that it is disinclined to extend its protection.