unmotivated adjective2 •Lacking motivation, without impetus to strive or excel.When a typically chatty employee who often participates in meetings and is engaged and enthusiastic suddenly becomes unmotivated and quieter, that person could be at risk for burnout. — 2019 •For which there is no motive, or no apparent rational motive.An inherited etymology should not involve too many unmotivated irrregular sound changes aor ^([sic]) non-trivial semantic shifts. — 2025 formsmore unmotivated · most unmotivated