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Disinclination

The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike

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noun
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    The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike

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reluctancenounUnwillingness to do something.
hesitationnounAn act of hesitating
indispositionnounA mild illness, the state of being indisposed.
hesitancynounA pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome.

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inclinationnounA tendency.

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indispositionnounA mild illness, the state of being indisposed.
reluctancenounUnwillingness to do something.
hesitancynounA pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome.
hesitationnounAn act of hesitating
undisposednessnounindisposition; disinclination
displicencynoun(obsolete) Aversion; antipathy.
reluctancynoun(now rare) Reluctance, disinclination.
disinterestednessnounThe state or quality of being disinterested.
indisposednessnounThe condition or quality of being indisposed.
disdainfulnessnounThe state or quality of being disdainful.
dislikenessnoun(rare) The state or quality of being disliked.
inclinablenessnounThe state or quality of being inclinable; inclination
aversitynounThe state or condition of being averse.
unwillingnessnounThe property of being unwilling.
disrelishnounA lack of relish: distaste
dispreferencenoun(formal) The quality or state of preferring a thing less than an alternative.
disposednessnounThe state or quality of being disposed
biasnoun(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.
propensenessenoun(obsolete) Inclination; propensity; tendency.
indifferencenounThe state of being indifferent.

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