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lethargic

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le·thar·gic  (l-thärjk)
adj.
Of, causing, or characterized by lethargy.
le·thargi·cal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.lethargiclethargic - deficient in alertness or activity; "bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights"
unenrgetic
inactive - not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
energetic - possessing or exerting or displaying energy; "an energetic fund raiser for the college"; "an energetic group of hikers"; "it caused an energetic chemical reaction"
lethargic
adjective sluggish, slow, lazy, sleepy, heavy, dull, indifferent, debilitated, inactive, inert, languid, apathetic, drowsy, listless, comatose, stupefied, unenthusiastic, somnolent, torpid, slothful, enervated, unenergetic << OPPOSITE energetic
Translations
Spanish lethargic [lɛˈθɑːdʒɪk] adj → aletargado
French lethargic [lɛˈθɑːdʒɪk] adj → léthargique
German lethargic [lɛˈθɑːdʒɪk] adj → träge, lethargisch
Italian lethargic [lɛˈθɑːdʒɪk] adj → letargico/a
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I have looked at her, in a state so dun and lethargic, that I have thought of nothing but the number of horizontal lines I could draw across her at the full, and the number of perpendicular lines with which I could intersect them.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
Never, in the weeks of their married life, had Billy found her dowdy, or harshly irritable, or lethargic.
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The lethargic youth contrived without any additional rousing to set out two card-tables; the one for Pope Joan, and the other for whist.
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