reluctant
adjective
1. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
- a reluctant smile
Similar word(s): unwilling, loath, loth
2. disinclined to become involved
- they were usually reluctant to socialize
- reluctant to help
Similar word(s): disinclined
3. not eager
- foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways
- fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him
Similar word(s): uneager
Sentences with reluctant as an adjective:
- She was reluctant to lend him the money