Definition of "reluctant" []

• Unwilling; disinclined: reluctant to help. (adjective)
• Exhibiting or marked by unwillingness: a reluctant smile. (adjective)
• Offering resistance; opposing. (adjective)

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• "For those not in the business, the term "reluctant reader" tends to be a synonym for "boy.""
• ""Originally, I was what they called a reluctant spouse," she said."
• "Government data, industry surveys and interviews with employers big and small indicate that many businesses remain reluctant to hire full-time employees because health insurance, which now costs the nation's employers an average of about $3,000 a year for each worker, has become one of the fastest-growing costs for companies."