uneager

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 927360557, 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, The Glass Key, New York: Vintage, 1972, Chapter 7, p. 142,

     His voice was unexcited, uneager.

   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 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