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In terms of linguistic theory, one may say that the signifier is not sufficiently "demotivated"; in other words it resembles the signified too closely.
In this case, the learner will lose motivation and become demotivated.
Providers may then be characterised as 'frustrated', 'demoralised' or 'discouraged', perhaps even being so 'demotivated' as to be 'going through the motions' with little sense of purpose or direction.
This has been achieved by a fundamental reorganisation of the border police, once a demotivated conscript force; it is now a professional volunteer service.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Banks become unwilling to offer credits to such firms, workers become insecure and demotivated, and normal business is disrupted, since implementation of corporate plans becomes uncertain and conditional upon divestiture.
The publication of results will cause schools and pupils who are identified as failing in comparison with others to be demotivated and undermined.
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