unmotivation
unmotivation noun: an absence or lack of motivation.
Noun
unmotivation (uncountable)
- An absence or lack of motivation.
- Most dangerous of all is when the learner starts thinking that learning English is beyond his reach – the farthest degree of unmotivation and frustration.2010, Azadeh Shafaei, Frontiers of Language and Teaching
- The following quote borrowed from Hunter (1999) quite well summarizes this vicious circle of unmotivation: “Workers with good family background neglect their work and are not pushed by their supervisors because of their family background. [...]”2011, Daniel Schwekendiek, A Socioeconomic History of North Korea
Examples of unmotivation in a sentence
- I've been there enough times to know exactly just how painful this state of “unmotivation” can be.2013, Robert Dave Johnston, How to Lose 30 Pounds (or More) in 30 Days with Juice Fasting:
- The linguistic unmotivation of the fully interlingual approach is discussed and – we believe – proved in a number of writings, e.g.2015, Frank Van Eydne, Linguistic Issues in Machine Translation:
Origin of unmotivation
From un- (“lack of”) + motivation.
Questions about unmotivation
- What does unmotivation mean?
- Unmotivation means an absence or lack of motivation.
- How do you use unmotivation in a sentence?
- I've been there enough times to know exactly just how painful this state of “unmotivation” can be.
- What part of speech is unmotivation?
- Unmotivation is a noun.
Words near unmotivation in the dictionary
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