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listless /ˈlɪs(t)ləs /adjective(Of a person or their manner) lacking energy or enthusiasm: bouts of listless depression...- On Sunday, they were listless throughout and the two goal winning margin is a flattering one from their perspective.
- I was listless, too sick and weak to say much of anything to defend myself.
- She was listless, helpless, but not suicidal, and used cocaine sporadically.
Synonyms lethargic, enervated, lackadaisical, spiritless, unenergetic, lifeless, vigourless, lacking energy, limp, effete; languid, languorous, languishing, inactive, inert, sluggish, torpid, supine, half-hearted, lukewarm, indifferent, uninterested, impassive; indolent, idle, apathetic, shiftless, slothful; passive, dull, heavy Derivativeslistlessly /ˈlɪstləsli / adverb ...- If our sense of future is weak, we live listlessly.
- The children nap and watch television while the parents sit listlessly by the filthy pool and demand more ice for their drinks from harried servants.
- Now she sits listlessly all day long, keeping to herself.
listlessness /ˈlɪstləsnəs / noun ...- Everyone seems to be eaten up by laziness and listlessness.
- But can't we have a little listlessness in our lives, some sloth, a dollop or two of drowsiness?
- And now there is this sense of listlessness, this lack of initiative and disorientation, now that no one is giving orders.
OriginMiddle English: from list3 + -less. |