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Definition of Disinclined

1. Adjective. Unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval. "Disinclined to say anything to anybody"

Definition of Disinclined

1. Adjective. not inclined; having a disinclination; being unwilling ¹

2. Verb. (past of disincline) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disinclined

1. disincline [v] - See also: disincline

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disinclined

Literary usage of Disinclined

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"... disinclined for work, Monday being a day for amusement among workmen. (Clerical), used up, tired. A phrase that has its origin in the clergyman's ..."

2. Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third by Horace Walpole (1845)
"—Mr. Pitt disinclined to negotiate.—Expedition against Belleisle— Mr. Pitt's obstinacy.—Lord Bute's Faction.—Mr. Pitt and the Duke of Bedford. ..."

3. The Chinese: A General Description of the Empire of China and Its Inhabitants. by John Francis Davis (1840)
"... reach China—'Previous to arrival of Europeans, Chinese less disinclined to foreign intercourse Settlement of Macao—Fruitless ..."

4. Memoir of the Life of Josiah Quincy, Jun., of Massachusetts by Josiah Quincy (1825)
"If you can lead me into any channel of doing real service to the common cause, I flatter myself you are not disinclined, and though it should never be in my ..."

5. Life and Public Services of Edwin M. Stanton by George Congdon Gorham (1899)
"The Government and the Secessionists equally disinclined to open Hostilities. WHEN the President had returned to the South Carolina commissioners their ..."

6. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"... an absurd anomaly, and an insult upon all the rest of the army), and should there be no war, I should not be disinclined to be a major-general myself. ..."

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