disinclined
disinclined Lexical Profile
disinclined Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Unwilling, reluctant, or lacking a natural tendency or desire to do something.
"After working twelve hours straight, she felt thoroughly disinclined to attend the evening networking event."
• verb
To make someone unwilling, reluctant, or averse to something (past tense and past participle of disincline).
"The harsh winter weather disinclined the hikers from attempting the summit that morning."
Word Nuance & Usage
As an adjective, 'disinclined' is used almost exclusively in a predicate position (following a linking verb) and is typically followed by an infinitive verb (e.g., 'disinclined to agree') or the preposition 'toward'.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the 17th century from the prefix 'dis-' (expressing negation or reversal) and 'inclined', which derives from the Latin 'inclinare', meaning 'to cause to lean' or 'to bend toward'.