reluctant

Adjective

• not eager
  • foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways
    
  • fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him
    

• disinclined to become involved
  • they were usually reluctant to socialize
    
  • reluctant to help
    

• unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
  • a reluctant smile
    
  • loath to admit a mistake
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  loath , loth