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(now rare) Opposing; offering resistance (to). / Not wanting to take some action; unwilling. / (regular expressions) Tending to match as little text as possible.

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reluctant

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Source Word

reluctant

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɹɪˈlʌktənt/

Adjective

archaic

Japanese Meaning

反対や抵抗の意志を示す / 行動することに消極的で、進んで行わない / (正規表現の文脈では) 可能な限り少ない文字列にマッチしようとする（最小マッチ）

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The reluctant delegation voted against the resolution, ensuring the motion's defeat.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

反対している代表団は決議に反対票を投じ、その動議の否決を確実にした。

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(now rare) Opposing; offering resistance (to).

There, breathless, with his digging nails he clung / Fast to the sand, lest the returning wave, / From whose reluctant roar his life he wrung, / Should suck him back to her insatiate grave ….

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