Meanings
adjectiveundermotivated (comparative more undermotivated, superlative most undermotivated)
comparative more undermotivated · superlative most undermotivated
- Not sufficiently motivated.
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.
2009 May 3, Manohla Dargis, A. O. Scott, “Memos to Hollywood”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Anglo-Normanmotif
- Middle Frenchmotif
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinmōtus
- Late Latinmōtīvum
- Middle Englishmotif
- Englishmotive
- Englishmotivated
- Englishundermotivated
Cite this entry
APA
undermotivated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undermotivated
MLA
“undermotivated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undermotivated. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undermotivated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undermotivated.
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