motivationless

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adjective

Having no motivation

Similar
unmotivated
OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English motivation →
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Meanings

adjectivemotivationless (comparative more motivationless, superlative most motivationless)

comparative more motivationless · superlative most motivationless

  1. Having no motivation

    Fran Austin (as Mary, Reno's compliant wife) is bland and motivationless.

    1988 February 5, Tom Boeker, “They Sure Are Strange in New York”, in Chicago Reader

    Synonyms: unmotivated

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving no motivation

Similar
unmotivated

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normanmotif
  2. Middle Frenchmotif
  3. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  5. Proto-Italic*moweō
  6. Latinmoveō
  7. Latinmōtus
  8. Late Latinmōtīvum
  9. Middle Englishmotif
  10. Englishmotive
  11. Englishmotivation
  12. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  14. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  15. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  16. Englishmotivationless

From motivation + -less.

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APA

motivationless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motivationless

MLA

“motivationless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motivationless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “motivationless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motivationless.

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