undesire

undesire

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ desire.

Noun

undesire (plural undesires)

1. Lack or absence of desire; desirelessness.
   • 1969, Max Kaltenmark, Lao Tzu and Taoism:

     Similarly, lines five and six, in the punctuation adopted, imply that the states of desire and undesire are antithetical.

   • 2013, Farid al-Din Attar, Muslim Saints and Mystics:

     “I am the pearl of the mine of undesire,” came the answer. “Now tell the disciples, My mine is the mine of undesire, and my pearl is the pearl of the mine of unpurpose.”