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/Sounds like "dehs" (as in "debt") + "moh" (as in "more") + "TAH" (as in "tar") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

Unmotivated, low-energy, and disengaged from everything around you. In Central America, when someone is desmotado they have checked out emotionally: no interest, no drive, no spark. Usually temporary but hard to snap out of, especially after a disappointment or a rough stretch.

Examples

I got to the office completely drained and unmotivated after that rough weekend.

She has been in a slump ever since they told her she didn't get the job.

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Regional synonyms

A distracted, absent-minded person who's got their head in the clouds without paying attention to anything. In Mexico and Chile, volado describes someone who lives in another world.