unmotivated
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təˌveɪt
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motivate (ˈməʊtɪˌveɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to give incentive to | |
| 'motivator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
motivate
1885, "to stimulate toward action," from motive (q.v.), perhaps modeled on Fr. motiver or Ger. motivieren. Related: Motivated; motivating.
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Example sentences
Many adolescents whom professional school counselors regularly counsel are ambivalent and unmotivated to behavioral change.
The slow or unmotivated can stay home or in their dorm and pretend to learn with their computers.
Without clear goals, students may be unmotivated and confused.
Incompetent government employees who are lazy and unmotivated represent a much larger problem for the future of healthcare.
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