nonmotivated

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adjective

unmotivated

OriginEnglish motivated ← Middle English motif ← Late Latin mōtīvum →
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Meanings

adjectivenonmotivated (not comparable)
  1. not comparableunmotivated

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Anglo-Normanmotif
  15. Middle Frenchmotif
  16. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  18. Proto-Italic*moweō
  19. Latinmoveō
  20. Latinmōtus
  21. Late Latinmōtīvum
  22. Middle Englishmotif
  23. Englishmotive
  24. Englishmotivated
  25. Englishnonmotivated

From non- + motivated.

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Cite this entry
APA

nonmotivated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmotivated

MLA

“nonmotivated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmotivated. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonmotivated,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmotivated.

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