unwillingness

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English

Etymology

From unwilling +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

Noun

unwillingness (countable and uncountable, plural unwillingnesses)

  1. The property of being unwilling.
    • 2005, Helena Austin, Bronwyn Dwyer, Peter Freebody, Schooling the Child: The Making of Students in Classrooms:
      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.

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