unmotivation

The following quote borrowed from Hunter (1999) quite well summarizes this vicious circle of unmotivation: “Workers with good family background neglect their work and are not pushed by their supervisors because of their family background. [...]”

2011, Daniel Schwekendiek, A Socioeconomic History of North Korea

It is important to distinguish unmotivation, which may be associated with remarks such as “What's the point of doing a project?” (Interest and Relevance) from demotivation, which may result from difficulties experienced while undertaking the current project, or may be the residual effect of prior experience of project work (Expectation and Satisfaction).

2013, Sally Fincher, Marian Petre, Martyn Clark, Computer Science Project Work: Principles and Pragmatics

I've been there enough times to know exactly just how painful this state of “unmotivation” can be. Lack of motivation drains our capacity to take action. Stagnation sets in. Our sense of purpose is zapped.

2013, Robert Dave Johnston, How to Lose 30 Pounds (or More) in 30 Days with Juice Fasting

The linguistic unmotivation of the fully interlingual approach is discussed and – we believe – proved in a number of writings, e.g. Tsujii (1986), van Eynde (this volume) and Allegranza (in press).

2015, Frank Van Eydne, Linguistic Issues in Machine Translation