loath

vastahakoinen, haluton unwilling, reluctant; averse, disinclined

I was loath to return to the office without the Henderson file.

The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest of human carcases was plentiful. Sometimes, when the harvest was too plentiful, they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue.