Meanings
noununwillingness (countable and uncountable, plural unwillingnesses)
plural unwillingnesses
- countableuncountableThe property of being unwilling.
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.
2005, Helena Austin, Bronwyn Dwyer, Peter Freebody, Schooling the Child: The Making of Students in Classrooms
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe trait of being unwilling
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Translations
Bulgarian неохо́та
- неохо́та (neohóta)property of being unwilling
Czech neochota
- neochotaproperty of being unwilling
Danish uvilje
- uviljeproperty of being unwilling
Dutch onwil
- onwilproperty of being unwilling
Esperanto malemo
- malemoproperty of being unwilling
German Unwilligkeit
- Unwilligkeitproperty of being unwilling
Irish drogall, leisce
- drogallproperty of being unwilling
- leisceproperty of being unwilling
Italian riluttanza
- riluttanzaproperty of being unwilling
Latin nōluntās
- nōluntāsproperty of being unwilling
Russian нежела́ние, неохо́та
- нежела́ние (neželánije)property of being unwilling
- неохо́та (neoxóta)property of being unwilling
Spanish mala gana
- mala ganaproperty of being unwilling
Swedish ovilja
- oviljaproperty of being unwilling
Turkish gönülsüzlük
- gönülsüzlükproperty of being unwilling
Cite this entry
APA
unwillingness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwillingness
MLA
“unwillingness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwillingness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unwillingness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwillingness.
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