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Adjective: reluctant  ri'lúktunt
  1. Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
    "a reluctant smile"
    - loath, loth
     
  2. Disinclined to become involved
    "they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help"
     
  3. Not eager
    "foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him"

See also: disinclined, reluctance, reluctantly, uneager, unwilling