Unmotivation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An absence or lack of motivation. uncountable

    "Most dangerous of all is when the learner starts thinking that learning English is beyond his reach – the farthest degree of unmotivation and frustration."

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"Most dangerous of all is when the learner starts thinking that learning English is beyond his reach – the farthest degree of unmotivation and frustration."

Etymology

From un- (“lack of”) + motivation.

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