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unmotivated

  • a word derived from motivate.
    motivate
    verb (used with object)
    to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.

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He considers himself a conservative but is now so disillusioned with both parties that he feels unmotivated to vote in the midterm elections, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

But one of the hardest adjustments was embracing unmotivated light, which was a staple of noir’s heightened atmospherics.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

My alarm blares its generic Apple chime, and I keep hitting snooze—only to wake up groggy, drained, and unmotivated to make the most of the dwindling daylight.

From Salon Feb. 1, 2025

She said she had never been so unmotivated to vote.

From BBC Nov. 5, 2024

The rest were either too distracted by their troubles or just plain unmotivated, so pretty much everyone grudgingly accepted some form of public aid.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls