Disinclined
adjective
Not wanting to do a certain activity.
After a long day, I was disinclined to cook dinner.
Often appears as...
- disinclined to agree
- disinclined to help
adjective
Not wanting to do a certain activity.
After a long day, I was disinclined to cook dinner.
Often appears as...
- disinclined to agree
- disinclined to help
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Emotionally Charged
The word often implies a personal feeling or emotional response to an activity.
He was disinclined to attend the party after their argument.
Pro Tip 2/3Mild Refusal
'Disinclined' is a polite and less direct way of saying 'no' to something.
I'm disinclined to join the outing, but thank you for the invitation.
Pro Tip 3/3Softened Statement
Using 'disinclined' can soften a statement to sound less harsh or critical.
She's disinclined to criticize, preferring to offer constructive feedback.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotionally Charged
The word often implies a personal feeling or emotional response to an activity.
He was disinclined to attend the party after their argument.
Pro Tip 2/3Mild Refusal
'Disinclined' is a polite and less direct way of saying 'no' to something.
I'm disinclined to join the outing, but thank you for the invitation.
Pro Tip 3/3Softened Statement
Using 'disinclined' can soften a statement to sound less harsh or critical.
She's disinclined to criticize, preferring to offer constructive feedback.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotionally Charged
The word often implies a personal feeling or emotional response to an activity.
He was disinclined to attend the party after their argument.
Pro Tip 2/3Mild Refusal
'Disinclined' is a polite and less direct way of saying 'no' to something.
I'm disinclined to join the outing, but thank you for the invitation.
Pro Tip 3/3Softened Statement
Using 'disinclined' can soften a statement to sound less harsh or critical.
She's disinclined to criticize, preferring to offer constructive feedback.
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Rory Stewart: Time to...
dollars a year in a country, you co-opt almost everybody. Even the aid agencies, who begin to receive an enormous amount of money from the U.S. and the European governments to build schools and clinics, are somewhat disinclined to challenge the idea
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How to use rhetoric to...
and from that careful training to which I admit that at no part of my life I have ever been disinclined." And finally, you can demonstrate disinterest, or that you're not motivated by personal gain. Logos is the use of logic and reason.
Video examples
Rory Stewart: Time to...
dollars a year in a country, you co-opt almost everybody. Even the aid agencies, who begin to receive an enormous amount of money from the U.S. and the European governments to build schools and clinics, are somewhat disinclined to challenge the idea
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How to use rhetoric to...
and from that careful training to which I admit that at no part of my life I have ever been disinclined." And finally, you can demonstrate disinterest, or that you're not motivated by personal gain. Logos is the use of logic and reason.
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Quote examples
Sun Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.
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Wilfred Owen
English Soldier
When I begin to eliminate from the list all those professions which are impossible from a financial point of view and then those which I feel disinclined to - it leaves nothing.
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Dorothy Denning
American Public Servant
While the vast majority of hackers may be disinclined towards violence, it would only take a few to turn cyber terrorism into reality.
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Erik Larson
American Author
I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so.
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E. M. Forster
English Novelist
England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.
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Michel Faber
Dutch Writer
I was disinclined to have the status of a writer.
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Sun Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.
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Wilfred Owen
English Soldier
When I begin to eliminate from the list all those professions which are impossible from a financial point of view and then those which I feel disinclined to - it leaves nothing.
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Dorothy Denning
American Public Servant
While the vast majority of hackers may be disinclined towards violence, it would only take a few to turn cyber terrorism into reality.
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Erik Larson
American Author
I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so.
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E. M. Forster
English Novelist
England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.
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Michel Faber
Dutch Writer
I was disinclined to have the status of a writer.
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