unreluctant

adjective

Definition of unreluctantnext
as in ready

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreluctant
  1. ready
  2. willing
  3. glad
  4. amenable
  5. inclined
  6. disposed
  7. game
  8. restless
Adjective
  • Combine that with increasingly hotter and drier weather due to climate change, and forests in the Sierra Nevada are left with a ton of stuff that’s ready to burst into flames.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Yaxel Lendeborg doing a little bit of everything As a player who will turn 24 before the season begins, Lendeborg was billed as a pro-ready prospect who will be able to immediately contribute to the Warriors’ rotation.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Definition of ready
Adjective
  • However, the buyers might not be as willing to part with the quality of prospects the Angels would like.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
  • Giselle Garcia, program director for NorCal Resist, said the arrest data largely tracks with the organization’s own informal counts though emphasized much enforcement goes unaccounted for if families aren’t willing to speak up.
    — Mathew Miranda July 9, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of willing
Adjective
  • Overall, though, the nurses are glad for the staffing standards, Casas said.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 29 June 2026
  • Most players would be glad to end their careers with 500 appearances — to have almost 1,000 goals is freakish, outlandish, historic.
    — Duncan Alexander, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of glad
Adjective
  • Teen fans Frankie and Gray, from Connecticut, are more amenable.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 July 2026
  • The ability to rearrange within those limits is something some organizations would be amenable to.
    — Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of amenable
Adjective
  • But local governments, which amend their planning codes with unusual frequency, could easily nullify the provision if so inclined.
    — Christopher Calton, Oc Register, 29 June 2026
  • The court's liberal members seemed inclined to preserve the restrictions.
    — Will Dunham, USA Today, 28 June 2026
Definition of inclined
Adjective
  • Public health officials will assist with the cleanup and recovery by responding to community health concerns, including vermin complaints, and helping to ensure the spoiled food is properly removed and disposed of, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a statement.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
  • According to del Valle's testimony, Timothy Hudson, Anna's 16-year-old stepbrother and accused killer, destroyed and disposed of the cell phone.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Definition of disposed
Adjective
  • Sunday’s incident was not the first post-game gathering to be tarnished with violence.
    — Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Argentina fans certainly owned the pre-game festivities, with the white-and-sky-blue jerseys dominating the parking lots, concession booths and precious corners of shade outside Hard Rock Stadium on Friday.
    — Matias Ocner, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
Definition of game
Adjective
  • The London trio updates the naive humanism of 2000s indie-folk with modern dread and restless experimentation on its ambitious full-length debut.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 7 July 2026
  • Her book is a panoramic, abundantly detailed history of a century of turmoil and restless migratory movements gravitating around El Paso.
    — Julia Preston, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
Definition of restless
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“Unreluctant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreluctant. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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