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uninspire

uninspire verb: to divest of inspiration.

Verb

uninspire (third-person singular simple present uninspires, present participle uninspiring, simple past and past participle uninspired)

  1. (transitive) To divest of inspiration.
    • And then too there are the undergraduates it uninspires.1953, New Mexico Quarterly (1950), page 122
    • When you take time to meditate and commune with Spirit, not only will you feel revitalized, but you'll adopt a defense system that can't be penetrated by efforts to uninspire you.2008, Wayne W. Dyer, Your Ultimate Calling: 365 Ways to Bring Inspiration Into Your Life, page 98

Forms of uninspire

third-person singular presentuninspires
present participleuninspiring
past participleuninspired
pastuninspired

Origin of uninspire

From un- + inspire.

Questions about uninspire

What does uninspire mean?
Uninspire means to divest of inspiration.
What part of speech is uninspire?
Uninspire is a verb.
What is the past tense of uninspire?
The past tense of uninspire is uninspired.

Words near uninspire in the dictionary

  1. uninslaved
  2. uninspectable
  3. uninspected
  4. uninspirable
  5. uninspirational
  6. uninspire
  7. uninspired
  8. uninspiredly
  9. uninspiredness
  10. uninspires
  11. uninspiring

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