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But did Vivekananda employ the phrase "nature has no more attraction for him," to describe the sensation of unappreciativeness of the wonders of the natural world?

From Cosmic Consciousness by McIvor-Tyndall, Alexander J. (Alexander James)

Then had followed disillusion, unappreciativeness, ingratitude, misery, till her early death freed him from the ill-assorted and blighting tie.

From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram

Over a thick white cup of dubious coffee and a plate of sticky hot-cakes he meditated glumly on the general unappreciativeness of the world in general, and of the Black Rim in particular.

From Rim o' the World by Fischer, Anton Otto

The fakir, worn out by the eagerness with which he had spoken and the unappreciativeness of his listener, turned wearily to his holy book and his prayers.

From In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India by Sheets, Emily Churchill Thompson