unmotivated
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Lacking motivation, without impetus to strive or excel.
adj
For which there is no motive, or no apparent rational motive.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: demotivated"
- "an unmotivated student"
- "When a typically chatty employee who often participates in meetings and is engaged and enthusiastic suddenly becomes unmotivated and quieter, that person could be at risk for burnout."
- "Near-synonym: unprovoked"
- "an unmotivated murder"
- "An inherited etymology should not involve too many unmotivated irrregular sound changes aor ^([sic]) non-trivial semantic shifts."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English motivated English unmotivated From un- + motivated.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un-
Inflected Forms
more unmotivated (comparative)
most unmotivated (superlative)