Antonyms for motivated

Grammar : Verb

Spell : moh-tuh-veyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmoʊ təˌveɪt

Definition of motivated

Origin : 1863, "to stimulate toward action," from motive + -ate (2); perhaps modeled on French motiver or German motivieren. Related: Motivated; motivating.

verb stimulate, instigate

Example sentences :

There is no doubt that the mind and heart are motivated in this way.
Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy

What had motivated them no one knew, but the colony owed them their lives.
Extract from : « Image of the Gods » by Alan Edward Nourse

The mob is ever motivated by this logic of negation, and of automatic behavior.
Extract from : « The Behavior of Crowds » by Everett Dean Martin

Nellon, because of the purpose which motivated him, had gone along.
Extract from : « The Sphere of Sleep » by Chester S. Geier

It was almost as though she was motivated by some force outside herself.
Extract from : « Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays » by Annie Roe Carr

This man Crawford—and his followers, for that matter—are motivated by high ideals.
Extract from : « Border, Breed Nor Birth » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

Dimly he realized that he was driven by the same dreariness-disease that motivated Brinker.
Extract from : « Comet's Burial » by Raymond Zinke Gallun

He put on his outdoor things and left the house, motivated now, for the first time in many hours, with a clear purpose.
Extract from : « The Real Adventure » by Henry Kitchell Webster

Artificial languages are products inspired and motivated by the functioning of our so-called natural language.
Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

Its current development appears to be motivated by a self-perpetuating drive: knowledge for the sake of knowledge.
Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

Synonyms for motivated

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