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averse::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | antipathetic, antipathetical, indisposed, loath, loth |
averse to taking risks.
Examples of averse
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Shares are at a two year low, so those averse to a risk might see them as cheap.
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In this risk-averse world, no one is interested in doing large loans like yours.
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Also, while wrestling with this decision I remembered just how risk-averse I am.
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In an acutely risk-averse environment, try-buys mitigate the risk on both sides.
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On the whole the party, like Japan itself, is conservative and averse to change.
From the economist.com
Now, it seems, the Conservative MP is also not averse to looking a bit like her.
From the independent.co.uk
Dantonio has not been averse to allowing players to participate in other sports.
From the freep.com
Not that Saskia is averse to persuading anyone who can help develop the project.
From the guardian.co.uk
At the time, the ANC, itself not usually averse to a good knees-up, said little.
From the economist.com
- Antipathetic: (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed; "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request"
- (aversion) antipathy: a feeling of intense dislike
- (aversion) the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry"
- Aversion is a horror film about a private investigator who discovers too late that the woman he is hired to follow is often possessed by a demon. Alex Stokes (Andrew Roth) is a self-destructive, down-on-his-luck investigator who takes cases wherever he can. ...
- (Aversion (astrology)) When two or more planets or points form a semi-sextile (30-degree) or a quincunx (150-degree) aspect, they are considered to be "in aversion" to each other. ...
- To turn away; Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; Turned away or backward; Lying on the opposite side (to or from)
- (aversely) Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely; With repugnance or aversion; unwillingly
- (averseness) The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness
- (aversion) Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; An object of dislike or repugnance; The act of turning away from an object
