reluctant
1. [ adjective ] unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
Synonyms: loth loath
Examples:

"a reluctant smile" "loath to admit a mistake" "unwilling to face facts"

Related terms: unwilling
2. [ adjective ] unwilling to become involved
Examples:

"they were usually reluctant to socialize" "reluctant to help"

Related terms: disinclined
3. [ adjective ] not eager
Examples:

"foreigners stubbornly uneager to accept our ways" "fresh from college and uneager for the moment to marry him" "reluctant to help"

Related terms: uneager
Similar spelling:   reluctantly
  reluctance
  reelect
  reluctivity
  relict
  reelection
  realist