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also loth
or lothe
as in reluctant
slow to begin or proceed with a course of action because of doubts or uncertainty
I was loath to accept his claim of having climbed Mount Everest
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Recent Examples of loath
The Biden clean energy investments have disproportionately flowed to red states as well, and some Republican lawmakers would be loath to risk damage to big local employers.
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Neil Irwin, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
Barr says the recent presidential election results prove that viewers are eager for content that Hollywood has been loath to make.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
Molly is generally loath to tell people about her diagnosis, wary of being seen by others as just the woman who has cancer.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
Nero Wolfe, who is loath to set foot outside his brownstone on West Thirty-fifth Street, is obsessed with orchids and dedicates four hours a day to tending to them in his plant rooms on the roof.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Neil Irwin, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
Barr says the recent presidential election results prove that viewers are eager for content that Hollywood has been loath to make.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
Molly is generally loath to tell people about her diagnosis, wary of being seen by others as just the woman who has cancer.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
Nero Wolfe, who is loath to set foot outside his brownstone on West Thirty-fifth Street, is obsessed with orchids and dedicates four hours a day to tending to them in his plant rooms on the roof.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Loath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loath. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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