uneager

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ eager.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʌˈniːɡə/

Adjective

uneager (comparative more uneager, superlative most uneager)

1. Not eager.
   • 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:

     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.

   • 1931, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 7, in The Glass Key‎^[1], New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 142:

     His voice was unexcited, uneager.

   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 300:

     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.

Anagrams

• renague