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unwillingness

un·wil·ling·ness

US/ʌˈnwɪlɪŋnɪs/ fairly common

noun

1.

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”
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Origin

From unwilling + -ness.

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