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reluctant
adjective /ɹɪˈlʌktənt/
a) Opposing; offering resistance (to).

There, breathless, with his digging nails he clung / Fast to the sand, lest the returning wave, / From whose reluctant roar his life he wrung, / Should suck him back to her insatiate grave [...].

b) Not wanting to take some action; unwilling, hesitant; uncertain.

They are reluctant to the inclusion of a necessity test, especially of a horizontal nature, and emphasize, instead, the importance of procedural disciplines [...].

Syn: hesitant
See Also: reluctance, reluctantly

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