as in neutral
showing little or no interest or enthusiasm
received the usual uneager response when she asked for volunteers to help clean up
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Recent Examples of uneager
The reports returned a definite conclusion: Parents weren’t interested at all, uneager to let their kids loose in a digital arena as expansive as Facebook.
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Abram Brown, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
The Great Lakes delegation is uneager to put up with the drama of managing an aging and unreliable Great Lakes icebreaker fleet again.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
Abram Brown, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
The Great Lakes delegation is uneager to put up with the drama of managing an aging and unreliable Great Lakes icebreaker fleet again.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uneager
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Snoop Dogg stayed neutral during the rap battle that popped off earlier this year between Drake and Kendrick Lamar.Angel Diaz, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
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For her debut spring 2025 collection, Waksal worked with lightweight and fluid materials in neutral tones (black, ivory, dusty gray, bone, army green and white) across mix-and-match styles that can easily move and be layered.Emily Mercer, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
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Higher borrowing costs and demand slowed by inflation led to an unenthusiastic future guidance.JJ Kinahan, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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At best, celebrity endorsements might convince some otherwise unenthusiastic people at the margins to turn out and vote.Constance Grady, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024
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Many in Democratic circles questioned the wisdom of Barack Obama calling out Black men for being lukewarm on Harris out of latent sexism.Philip Eliott / Detroit, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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The ad refuses—just as Trump himself refuses—to leave its watchers lukewarm.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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Trump’s support among LGBT female voters was even more tepid, at 8%.Patrick J. Egan, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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But other prominent Arizona Republicans were tepid in their support for Lake.Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Uneager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneager. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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