Meaning

1 senses

  1. To decrease the motivation of a person or a group.

    demotivieren

    демотиви́роватьdemotivírovatʹ

Examples

14 sentences

  1. That fail made me extremely demotivated.

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  2. You don't allow challenging circumstances to demotivate you.

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  3. Yuna felt demotivated after being criticised for her work.

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  4. Bob has been feeling very demotivated since the incident on Monday.

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  5. I was feeling so demotivated in life until you came along.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to decrease the motivation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to decrease the motivation:

Origin

Anglo-Norman motifder.

Anglo-Norman motifder.

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Forms

demotivates, demotivating, demotivated, demotivated
Base formdemotivate · to demotivate
3rd person singulardemotivates
Present participledemotivating
Past simpledemotivated
Past participledemotivated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydemotivate
he, she, itdemotivates

Past simpleLesson

all personsdemotivated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave demotivated
he, she, ithas demotivated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill demotivate

Antonyms

1 antonyms
motivateB1

Word family

3 related words
Deriveddemotivatordemotivationdemotivational

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
demonymdemoralizedemotedemotiondemurdemure
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