unmotivated
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In the 1940s, as Peter Drucker got a close-up look at General Motors, he was struck by how unmotivated many of the company’s employees were, especially considering that most were making decent money.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
“Darius and I hate unmotivated camera movement,” Aster says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025
Never mind that Chavez has been unmotivated and underwhelming for years.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025
Meanwhile, brigade officers have complained that the conscripts recruited by the official system are often too old, in poor health and unmotivated.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2024
But as my luck in life seemed only to snowball from there, I thought more about the twenty or so kids who’d been marooned in that classroom, stuck with an uncaring and unmotivated teacher.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Vocabulary lists containing unmotivated
"Efrén Divided" by Ernesto Cisneros, Chapters 6–11
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