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unwilling

adj
/ʌnˈwɪlɪŋ/

Etymology

From un- + willing.

  1. inherited from willung
  2. inherited from willende
  3. formed as unwilling — “un- + willing”

Definitions

  1. Not willing

    Not willing; reluctant

    • an unwilling servant
    • We are unwilling to restore his previous privileges after his betrayal of our trust.
    • There was a prevailing fear of the effect of large undertakings becoming monopolistic, and Parliament showed itself unwilling to sanction any large groupings.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unwilling. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01unwilling02willing03requires04require05indispensable06release07available08readily09unwillingness

A definitional loop anchored at unwilling. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at unwilling

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA