Opposed to
Unwilling to and opposed to are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unwilling to" instead an adjective phrase "Opposed to".
Unwilling to
Opposed to and unwilling to are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Opposed to" instead an adjective phrase "Unwilling to".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- reluctant and opposed to
- reluctant and unwilling to
- against and opposed to
- against and unwilling to
- averse and opposed to
- averse and unwilling to
- anti and opposed to
- anti and unwilling to
- averse to and opposed to
- averse to and unwilling to
- hostile to and opposed to
- hostile to and unwilling to
- resistant to and opposed to
- resistant to and unwilling to
Both terms in one sentence
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Wouldn't Hit a Girl: A metaphorical version - Gruen Nation noted that the Coalition was unwilling to make ads attacking Julia Gillard herself (as opposed to the Labor Party) until near the end of the 2010 election campaign, where things got increasingly off the handle.
Source: Series / The Gruen Transfer - It's not really made clear that the captured Nazis seek martyrdom (as opposed to being unwilling to betray their comrades), but the Basterds don't show much respect for the concept either way.
Source: Martyrdom Culture
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