unexcited
Britishadjective
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not aroused to pleasure, interest, agitation, etc
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(of an atom, molecule, etc) remaining in its ground state
Example Sentences
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He found himself unexcited for school, a new feeling for him.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2021
We were fatigued by the Iraq War and horrified by revelations of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, yet unexcited by George W. Bush’s Democratic challenger for the presidency, John Kerry.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2019
Lowrey has more zeal than the bloodless Chris Hughes, who is so unexcited by the idea of unconditionality that his preferred solution actually includes a work requirement.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2018
In 1933, when Yale University named one of its new residential colleges for the ardently pro-slavery statesman John C. Calhoun, at least one person was unexcited.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2016
His speech was slow and mellow, measured and unexcited, his gestures were wide, and new teeth gave him a vulpine smile out of all proportion to his emotion.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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