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
Directed by Walter Bobbie and starring John Turturro, “Zorba!” instead seems to keep trailing off into unexcited, brooding ellipses.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2015
The commodification of the world and the art and the people in it leaves Houellebecq unexcited.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 19, 2015
Their eyes look happy and sad at the same time, but unexcited by anything, shifting easily off to the side as if they’ve already seen most of what there is.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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