Synonyms for unwillingness
un·will·ing·ness

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1. unwillingness, involuntarinessnoun

   the trait of being unwilling

   "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton"

   Synonyms:
   involuntariness

   Antonyms:
   willingness

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1. List of paraphrases for "unwillingness":

   reluctance, refusal, reticence, ill-will

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1. Uzbekistan John Herbst:

   I think it speaks to the ambiguities of our policy on The Russians. Point of fact, the policy overall is pretty good. It could be better, but it's pretty good. But you have the unusual factor of the President's unwillingness to criticize President Putin or the Kremlin. And so that makes the policy a little bit unusual, and that's obviously not a positive.

2. Mark Meadows:

   At this particular point, Rod Rosenstein's priorities are misplaced, for his unwillingness to come before Congress and allow us to conduct proper congressional oversight, it's time that Rod Rosenstein steps down. Rod Rosenstein should do so immediately. And in doing that, I think it would serve the country well, it would serve this President well.

3. John Catanzara:

   If we suspect the numbers are true and we get a large number of our members who stand firm on their beliefs that this is an overreach, and they're not going to supply the information in the portal or submit to testing, then it's safe to say the city of Chicago will have a police force at 50 % or less for this weekend coming up, that is not because of the FOP, that is 100 % because of the mayor's unwillingness to budge from her hard line. So whatever happens because of the manpower issue, that falls at the mayor's doorstep.

4. President Barack Obama:

   We all know that there have been significant problems at this facility: the kind of cooking the books and unwillingness to face up to the fact that veterans were not being adequately served went on too long and, as a consequence, we didn't fix what needed to be fixed, there is still more work to do.

5. The Post Guild:

   We are concerned by The Post's unwillingness to be transparent about this issue, and alarmed by the implication that reporters will be penalized for talking about any topic not on their beat.