undermotivated

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

under- +‎ motivated

Adjective[edit]

undermotivated (comparative more undermotivated, superlative most undermotivated)

  1. Not sufficiently motivated.
    • 2009 May 3, Manohla Dargis, A. O. Scott, “Memos to Hollywood”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.