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n. - A certain degree of unwillingness; That toward which you are inclined to feel dislike.

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  • His disinclination for modesty is well known
  • Raising taxes to redistribute wealth in the present ignores the long-term disinclination to work hard in the long term
  • “Raising taxes to redistribute wealth in the present ignores the long-term disinclination to work hard in the long term” was the worst one.
  • Probably the real ground of his disinclination was the fear that a residence at Valence might revive the painful emotions which time had somewhat withered.
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