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list·less  (lstls)
adj.
Lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort; lethargic: reacted to the latest crisis with listless resignation.

[Middle English listles : probably from liste, desire (from listen, to desire; see list5) + -les, -lesse, -less.]

listless·ly adv.
listless·ness n.

listless
Adjective
lacking interest or energy [obsolete list desire]
listlessly adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.listless - lacking zest or vivacity; "he was listless and bored"
lethargic, unenrgetic - deficient in alertness or activity; "bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights"
2.listless - marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a dispirited and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation"
spiritless - lacking ardor or vigor or energy; "a spiritless reply to criticism"

listless
Translations
Spanish listless [ˈlɪstlɪs] adjapático, indiferente
French listless [ˈlɪstlɪs] adjindolent(e)apathique
German listless [ˈlɪstlɪs] adjlustlos
Italian listless [ˈlɪstlɪs] adjsvogliato/a; apatico/a

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I suppose I was breathing hard, or perhaps I was crying, for after a time I heard a listless voice that had never been listless before say, 'Is that you?
After some days spent in listless indolence, during which I traversed many leagues, I arrived at Strasbourg, where I waited two days for Clerval.
I remember those girls merely as faces in the schoolroom, gay and rosy, or listless and dull, cut off below the shoulders, like cherubs, by the ink-smeared tops of the high desks that were surely put there to make us round-shouldered and hollow-chested.
 
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