unexcited

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adjective

Not feeling excitement or keen interest; placid; bored.

“Having seen the film twice before, I felt distinctly unexcited at the prospect of a third viewing.”

Opposite
Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectiveunexcited (comparative more unexcited, superlative most unexcited)

comparative more unexcited · superlative most unexcited

  1. Not feeling excitement or keen interest; placid; bored.

    Having seen the film twice before, I felt distinctly unexcited at the prospect of a third viewing.

    Synonyms: quiescent, serene, sick and tired, calm, steady, collected, composed, cool-headed

  2. Not in a state of excitation.

    From some excited bodies there proceeds for a certain distance to others unexcited, a light, which is reflected from the latter to the former, and in the reflexion snaps; and which upon touching the skin of a man or beast is felt with a smarting: This snapping light is call'd the electrical Sparks.

    1759, Literary Memoirs of Germany and the North

Synonyms & antonyms

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adjectivenot excited

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishexcite
  9. Englishexcited
  10. Englishunexcited

From un- + excited.

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Translations

Turkish heyecansız
  • heyecansızTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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