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Definition of loath adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

loath

adjective

(less frequent loth) adjective

NAmE//loʊθ//

, NAmE//loʊð//

loath to do something (formal)

not willing to do something He was loath to admit his mistake.

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