unenthusiastic
/ˌʌnɪnθjuːzɪˈastɪk
/ /ˌʌnɛnθjuːzɪˈastɪk/adjective
Not having or showing enthusiasm: an unenthusiastic response...
- Sarah Lancashire's popularity seems to be dipping in the light of the unenthusiastic response to Rose and Maloney.
- The unenthusiastic response to conventional arts and science courses is a pointer to the lacklustre job opportunities available for such courses.
- She knew they were failures, and he read her disapproval in every perfunctory and unenthusiastic line of her letter.
Synonyms
indifferent, apathetic, uninvolved, passive, phlegmatic, half-hearted, lukewarm, tepid, casual, cool, listless, lacklustre, languid, lethargic, offhand, emotionless, cursory, perfunctory, unmoved
informal unenthused
rare Laodicean
Derivatives
unenthusiastically
- ‘I really need to start looking at these,’ she said unenthusiastically, picking up the nearest college prospectus to her and flicking through dispiritedly.
- ‘I should go work on my mother,’ I mumbled unenthusiastically.
- I wrapped my arms unenthusiastically round his waist and we were off.
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- click and collect
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- click beetle
- click-clack
- clicker
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- click into place
- clickjacking
- click language
- click one's fingers
- click rate
- clicks and mortar
- click stop
- clickstream
- click-through
- click-through rate
- clickwrap
- clicky
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- porphyrio