Example Sentences

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In the six years since, Amtrak, the federal partner in Penn Station, has been unmotivated to help and the state has made little progress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

“Darius and I hate unmotivated camera movement,” Aster says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

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

But as my luck in life seemed only to snowball from there, I thought more about the twenty or so kids who’d been marooned in that classroom, stuck with an uncaring and unmotivated teacher.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama