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averse [-ˈvɜːrs, Brit əˈvɜːs] ADJ

to be averse to sth
ser avesso a a. c.

Usage examples with averse

to be averse to sth

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Likewise, if the worker is risk averse, the reservation wage will decline over time if the worker gradually runs out of money while searching.
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Students are averse to her cooking, and her most popular hot lunch is nothing, which she runs out of often.
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Although she is not averse to razing the occasional village, her true schemes are subtle and hard to detect.
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For a given expected rate of return, more risk averse individuals will choose a greater share for money in their portfolio.
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If he found that a majority expressed an aversion to it, the interpretation would be averse to capital punishment.
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He also had no time for the trappings of verbosity, and was a man averse to wasting words or, in his music, notes.
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She was not averse to in-field investigation, and once dived in coastal waters to do research while pregnant.
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Days sales outstanding tends to increase as a company becomes less risk averse.
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Others have argued that pain can be demonstrated by averse reactions to negative stimuli that are non-purposeful or even maladaptive.
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The key insight (or assumption) is that the employers are risk neutral while the workers are risk averse.
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