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undermotivated

undermotivated adjective: not sufficiently motivated.

Adjective

undermotivated (comparative more undermotivated, superlative most undermotivated)

  1. Not sufficiently motivated.
    • Meanwhile, a bunch of hungry directors with digital cameras, time on their hands and not much money are making free-form studies about tentative hookups and long conversations among actual, overeducated, undermotivated young folks.2009 May 3, Manohla Dargis, A. O. Scott, “Memos to Hollywood”, in New York Times

Forms of undermotivated

comparativemore undermotivated
superlativemost undermotivated

Origin of undermotivated

From under- + motivated.

Questions about undermotivated

What does undermotivated mean?
Undermotivated means not sufficiently motivated.
What part of speech is undermotivated?
Undermotivated is an adjective.

Words near undermotivated in the dictionary

  1. undermodulation
  2. undermodulations
  3. undermonetized
  4. undermoneyed
  5. undermost
  6. undermotivated
  7. undermotivation
  8. undermount
  9. undermountain
  10. undermounted
  11. undermuscled

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