Definitions

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  • adjective Without an incentive; unmotivated.

Etymologies

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incentive +‎ -less

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Examples

  • The meritocrats are abashed that they're stuck for eternity in an incentiveless system with a bunch of pinkos.

    'Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives' 2009

  • The meritocrats are abashed that they're stuck for eternity in an incentiveless system with a bunch of pinkos.

    'Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives' 2009

  • In the words of Ed Rendell, the Democratic mayor of Philadelphia, It became clear to me that we had an incentiveless work force.

    The Commanding Heights DANIEL YERGIN 1998

  • In the words of Ed Rendell, the Democratic mayor of Philadelphia, It became clear to me that we had an incentiveless work force.

    THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS DANIEL YERGIN 1998

  • They never see things through, like affirmative action, urban renewal and unprotected/monitored/incentiveless welfare ..

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2010

  • The meritocrats are abashed that they're stuck for eternity in a incentiveless system with a bunch of pinkos.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2009

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