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# unmotivated

«unmotivated» in Mova's school dictionary: **not wanting to do something, without the energy or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (unmotivated)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Unmotivated means not wanting to do something, without the energy or interest to try: an unmotivated pupil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmotivated/#m1)

2) (formal) An unmotivated action has no clear reason: an unmotivated attack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmotivated/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school and everyday life, someone feels unmotivated about homework or sport; teachers and coaches try to motivate them. In news, an «unmotivated» crime has no clear reason. Plain words: not keen, can't be bothered (informal, UK).

### examples

- I felt unmotivated to tidy my room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmotivated/#x1)
- The coach tried to cheer up the unmotivated players. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmotivated/#x2)
- When you feel unmotivated, start with a small task. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmotivated/#x3)
- He seemed bored and unmotivated in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmotivated/#x4)
- The police said the attack seemed unmotivated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmotivated/#x5)

### note

«Un-» + «motivated». Noun: motivation; verb: motivate. Similar: lazy (but lazy is less kind), uninterested. Opposite: motivated, keen.

### In the corpora

- ["Needs encouragement" on a report usually means the pupil is lazy or unmotivated (does not want to try).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/16-school-reports/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unmotivated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmotivated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.