disinclined

What it means

1. not comparableNot inclined; having a disinclination; being unwilling, reluctant.

   It is not surprising that the real scholar or expert and the practical man of affairs often feel contemptuous about the intellectual, are disinclined to recognize his power, and are resentful when they discover it.

   1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 421

In a sentence

It is not surprising that the real scholar or expert and the practical man of affairs often feel contemptuous about the intellectual, are disinclined to recognize his power, and are resentful when they discover it.

1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 421

Where it comes from

1. Latindis-
2. Old Frenchdes-
3. Latindis-
4. Middle Englishdis-
5. Englishdis-
6. Englishinclined
7. Englishdisinclined

From dis- + inclined.