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How to pronounce reluctant in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms loath, loth
Derivation reluctance


a reluctant smile.
Type Words
Derivation reluctance


they were usually reluctant to socialize.
reluctant to help.
Type Words
Derivation reluctance


foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways.
fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him.

Examples of reluctant

reluctant
Uncles and aunts are mostly reluctant to blurt out advice to nephews and nieces.
From the thenewstribune.com
The reluctant and cynical Susan is assigned to do a news segment about Caroline.
From the post-gazette.com
However, as the 2009 hand-over date draws closer, Leno seems reluctant to leave.
From the upi.com
I think Democrats are reluctant to admit any fault with social welfare programs.
From the economist.com
There's a new, sometimes-reluctant sense of optimism and anticipation, they say.
From the timesunion.com
Could it be he's reluctant to make a solemn promise to someone he doesn't trust?
From the guardian.co.uk
Declining confidence is also making consumers more reluctant to spend at stores.
From the bloomberg.com
Physicians themselves could be reluctant to ask patients to undress for an exam.
From the latimes.com
Many of us are reluctant to revise our self-judgment, especially for the better.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Loath: unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"
  • Disinclined to become involved; "they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help"
  • Not eager; "foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him"
  • (reluctantly) with reluctance
  • (reluctance) (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
  • (reluctance) a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed"
  • Opposing; offering resistance (to); Not wanting to take some action; unwilling, hesitant; uncertain
  • (Reluctance) The characteristics of a magnetic field which resists the flow of magnetic lines of force through it.
  • (Reluctance) The relative resistance of a material or space to the passage of flux. The reciprocal of permeance