demotivated
adjective
HRuk/ˌdiːˈməʊtɪveɪtɪd/usfeelinglessinterestedin andenthusiasticaboutyourwork:
Whenimportantchangesoccuratworkit can beeasytofeeldemotivated.
demotivatedworkforce/staff/workers
Examplesofdemotivated
demotivated
These authors disagree with the common perceptions that ademotivatedemployee is lazy; instead, they claim that the employee has lost interest in work tasks.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But a negative psychological contract can result in employees becoming disenchanted,demotivatedand resentful of authoritarianism within the organization.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Conversely, inadequate communication can result in ademotivatedworkforce and lead to problems in construction.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In such countries, this usually results in ademotivatedand low quality workforce and resulting poor health indicators.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In terms of linguistic theory, one may say that the signifier is not sufficiently "demotivated"; in other words it resembles the signified too closely.
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In this case, the learner will lose motivation and becomedemotivated.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Providers may then be characterised as 'frustrated', 'demoralised' or 'discouraged', perhaps even being so 'demotivated' as to be 'going through the motions' with little sense of purpose or direction.
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This has been achieved by a fundamental reorganisation of the border police, once ademotivatedconscript force; it is now a professional volunteer service.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Banks become unwilling to offer credits to such firms, workers become insecure anddemotivated, and normal business is disrupted, since implementation of corporate plans becomes uncertain and conditional upon divestiture.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The publication of results will cause schools and pupils who are identified as failing in comparison with others to bedemotivatedand undermined.
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