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# loath

«loath» in Mova's school dictionary: **unwilling, not wanting to do something: loath to go** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (also loth)

### meaning for a pupil

Loath means unwilling, not wanting to do something: loath to go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loath/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a person who does not want to leave or do a task; «loath to part» means unwilling to say goodbye.

### examples

- He was loath to go to bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loath/#x1)
- The goddess was loath to say goodbye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loath/#x2)
- I am loath to spoil the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loath/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «loath» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loath/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.