2. (adjective) be disinclined, unenthusiastic, callous, dispirited.
He ngākau kore pea ki te haere mai kia kite i a mātou i kore ai e haere mai i mua? (TWMNT 27/6/1876:150). / Was it perhaps because of reluctance that they did not come to see before?
3. (modifier) disinclined, unenthusiastic, callous, dispirited.
Nā ēnei mate me te noho ngākau kore a tōna iwi, nāna a Mahuta i āki ki te rapu i tētehi puretumutanga mō ngā whenua o Waikato i murua rā i te tekau tau atu i 1860 (TTR 1996:86). / These weaknesses and the dispirited state of his people forced Mahuta to seek redress for the Waikato lands which were confiscated in the 1860s.
4. (noun) apathy, reluctance, indifference, lack of interest.
Kua tino kaha haere rawa atu tana ngākau kore nā runga i tana kore whiwhi mahi e utua ana (TTR 1996:96). / He had become increasingly dispirited because of his lack of paid employment.
Synonyms: whakatohetohe, korou kore, kōroiroi, whakatōngā
