disenjoy

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ enjoy

Verb

disenjoy (third-person singular simple present disenjoys, present participle disenjoying, simple past and past participle disenjoyed)

  1. (transitive) To fail to enjoy; to take no pleasure in.
    • 1991, David L. Norton, Democracy and Moral Development‎:
      "A person who can play both chess and checkers but regards all board-game playing as a waste of time will disenjoy chess because it wastes more time."
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