demotivate

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demotivate

(ˌdiːˈməʊtɪveɪt)

vb (tr)

to cause (a person) to lose motivation

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demotivate

Past participle: demotivated
Gerund: demotivating

Imperative
demotivate
demotivate

Present
I demotivate
you demotivate
he/she/it demotivates
we demotivate
you demotivate
they demotivate

Preterite
I demotivated
you demotivated
he/she/it demotivated
we demotivated
you demotivated
they demotivated

Present Continuous
I am demotivating
you are demotivating
he/she/it is demotivating
we are demotivating
you are demotivating
they are demotivating

Present Perfect
I have demotivated
you have demotivated
he/she/it has demotivated
we have demotivated
you have demotivated
they have demotivated

Past Continuous
I was demotivating
you were demotivating
he/she/it was demotivating
we were demotivating
you were demotivating
they were demotivating

Past Perfect
I had demotivated
you had demotivated
he/she/it had demotivated
we had demotivated
you had demotivated
they had demotivated

Future
I will demotivate
you will demotivate
he/she/it will demotivate
we will demotivate
you will demotivate
they will demotivate

Future Perfect
I will have demotivated
you will have demotivated
he/she/it will have demotivated
we will have demotivated
you will have demotivated
they will have demotivated

Future Continuous
I will be demotivating
you will be demotivating
he/she/it will be demotivating
we will be demotivating
you will be demotivating
they will be demotivating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been demotivating
you have been demotivating
he/she/it has been demotivating
we have been demotivating
you have been demotivating
they have been demotivating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been demotivating
you will have been demotivating
he/she/it will have been demotivating
we will have been demotivating
you will have been demotivating
they will have been demotivating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been demotivating
you had been demotivating
he/she/it had been demotivating
we had been demotivating
you had been demotivating
they had been demotivating

Conditional
I would demotivate
you would demotivate
he/she/it would demotivate
we would demotivate
you would demotivate
they would demotivate

Past Conditional
I would have demotivated
you would have demotivated
he/she/it would have demotivated
we would have demotivated
you would have demotivated
they would have demotivated

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Translations

demotivate

vt → demotivieren

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