Most people have a great disinclination to get out of bed early, even if they have to.
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Disinclination
//ˌdɪsɪŋklɪˈneɪʃən//
Synonyms for "disinclination" (62 found)
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7 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- нежелание noun (the state of being disinclined)
- неохота noun (the state of being disinclined)
Finnish
2 entries- haluttomuus noun (the state of being disinclined)
- vastahakoisuus noun (the state of being disinclined)
Hindi
1 entries- विमुखता noun (the state of being disinclined)
Irish
1 entries- leisce noun (the state of being disinclined)
Romanian
1 entries- indispoziție noun (the state of being disinclined)
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The majority of mankind is lazy-minded, incurious, absorbed in vanities, and tepid in emotion, and is therefore incapable of either much doubt or much faith; and when the ordinary man calls himself a sceptic or an unbeliever, that is ordinarily a simple pose, cloaking a disinclination to think anything out to a conclusion.
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"They say that in a hiring interview, to say one plays piano suggests a disinclination to cooperate and that it's better to say one plays in a choral society or an orchestra." "Who told you that?"
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His aversion to women and his disinclination to form new friendships were both typical of his unemotional character.
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