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US
/ˈmoʊtəˌveɪtəd/
]
[ UK /mˈəʊtɪvˌeɪtɪd/ ]
[ UK /mˈəʊtɪvˌeɪtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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provided with a motive or given incentive for action
a group of politically motivated men
a highly motivated child can learn almost anything
How To Use motivated In A Sentence
- The company says it “would be elated to have a personable, motivated self-starter such as yourself join our team of merry pornstars.” Will Ferrell First Guest On “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
- Apathetic patients become unmotivated and uninterested in their surroundings.
- She was motivated by deep religious conviction.
- Instead, they got Richards to acknowledge that a motivated forger with advanced technology could fool even veteran photo analysts.
- Takla Haymanot of Gojjam, another of John's powerful and ambitious subjects, was also motivated solely by self-interest.
- It is uninventive, unresponsive, unintelligent, uninformed, and unmotivated to succeed.
- In truth, he seems to be more motivated and inspired by bitterness and spite than ever.
- I think there's a compelling case to be made that, by and large, an appropriator from a dominant culture carrying out such an act is likely to be doing so for negative motives and to negative results, that historically such cross-cultural sacrilege is motivated by misrepresentation and discrimination and aimed towards furthering misrepresentation and discrimination. Archive 2006-09-01
- Mature, self-motivated and strong interpersonal skills.
- No amount of rhetoric, clever policies, threats, or even extra resources will improve a service if the staff are demotivated.