uneager
adjUK /ʌˈniːɡə/
Etymology From un- + eager.
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Not eager.
- She saw the young Corinthian Lycius / Charioting foremost in the envious race, / Like a young Jove with calm uneager face, / And fell into a swooning love of him.1819, John Keats, “Lamia”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, part I, pages 15–16:
- His voice was unexcited, uneager.1931, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 7, in The Glass Key, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 142:
1 more example
- The sound of running water came from the bathroom. I listened with my hand on the doorknob, uneager to catch Simone Delage in the act of clipping her toenails.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 300:
- Derived terms
- uneagerly, uneagerness