stimulate
verb (used with object)
to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite.
unstimulated
-
a word derived from
stimulate.
Example Sentences
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Those marked with scars were from unstimulated mice.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 27, 2023
Why do some people prefer to administer an electric shock to themselves, as one study demonstrated, rather than be unstimulated for 15 minutes?
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2021
I wanted to feel unstimulated and see what my mind did in its absence.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2019
We conclude that Ballard is quite unstimulated by human interaction – unless it takes the form of something inherently weird, like mob atavism or mass hysteria.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2012
To a Northerner, accustomed to see so much enrichment expended upon the soil to force from it an annual return, this profuseness of unstimulated yield is a surprise.
From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Maturin Murray Ballou
