Dictionary

uneager en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ʌˈniːɡə/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós Proto-Italic *akris Classical Latin ācer Late Latin ācrus Old French aigrebor. Middle English egre English eager English uneager From un- + eager.

Meanings

1. Not eager.
   • 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:
   • His voice was unexcited, uneager. 1931, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 7, in The Glass Key, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 142:
   • 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:

Forms

Deriveds

uneagerness · uneagerly