as in tired
lacking bodily energy or motivation
when I had the flu, I felt listless and worn-out
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The Bruins had finally provided something to cheer about after largely listless showings in their first two games, countering every punch Louisiana State delivered while pulling into a surprising tie.
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Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
But the 9-year-old — pale and listless beneath her Pokémon blanket — looked sicker than most children and exhibited no respiratory symptoms.
—Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
So the result was little to no exposure to shares in pension funds, so less pension returns for the people and a listless, soggy stock market with a major flow of funds redirected away from economy growing capital formation for enterprise and into government overspending.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
By pushing through a stretch of listless loneliness and embracing my fears, this midlife crisis ended up blooming into a midlife renaissance.
—Tara Ellison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
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Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
But the 9-year-old — pale and listless beneath her Pokémon blanket — looked sicker than most children and exhibited no respiratory symptoms.
—Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
So the result was little to no exposure to shares in pension funds, so less pension returns for the people and a listless, soggy stock market with a major flow of funds redirected away from economy growing capital formation for enterprise and into government overspending.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
By pushing through a stretch of listless loneliness and embracing my fears, this midlife crisis ended up blooming into a midlife renaissance.
—Tara Ellison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
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What is known is that by having the catcher reach his glove too close Shohei’s swinging bat, Mookie Betts was able to come to the plate against a tired pitcher who was forced to challenge him with no room for error.Dan Freedman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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After exploring in sub-zero temperatures, put time aside to ease tired muscles in one of the city’s chic spas.Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2024
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Yet the club dropped the contest in spiritless fashion, 6-2.Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
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Lil Wayne is not tolerating spiritless crowds at his shows.Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
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Constant exposure to the unfriendly and immunosuppressive environment around the tumor impairs white blood T cells and forces them into an exhausted, dysfunctional state.William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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At night, the boy turns up in Eli’s bedroom, and the older man follows him back to the apartment of his exhausted guardian, Denise (Rosie Perez).Judy Berman, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
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Amika Big Hit Volumizing Shampoo energizes limp strands, boosts volume to over twice their usual thickness, and eliminates excess sebum that could drag your hair down.Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 25 Oct. 2024
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Penny pinned Neely to the ground with the help of two other passengers, and placed him in a chokehold for more than three minutes until Neely’s body went limp.Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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There is no skipping steps, no forgiving young players for lackadaisical plays simply because of their lack of experience.Mat Issa, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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The sun had other ideas, and Ramos’ lackadaisical base running prevented him from taking third when the ball got past Fernando Tatis Jr. Consistently impressed with the daily effort from the 25-year-old first-time All-Star, Melvin was hesitant to even say anything.Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
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Week 10 of the 2024 college football season is a bit light on top-25 matchups, but sleepy slates like this Saturday's often end up delivering the most chaos.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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The three-part doc made in association with All3Media International reveals a macabre discovery that trust a sleepy Welsh Valleys village into the spotlight.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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There exists a long history of the dying muse, beautiful, feverish, and doomed: In 1852, the artist’s model Elizabeth Siddal posed as Hamlet’s Ophelia for the pre-Raphaelites, her languid sickliness attributed to tuberculosis by her peers.Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2024
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Just eating, reading, resting and enjoying these surroundings in such a languid fashion is hard to beat.Delilah Khomo, theweek, 3 Oct. 2024
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The rhymed verse the characters speak in doesn’t at all hinder them from expressing themselves colloquially, in idioms that sound better with a languorous Southern lilt.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
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Rozier constructs his love triangle (or, rather, square) without an ounce of melodrama, focusing as much on the vacation’s languorous atmosphere—and its giddy effect on the friends’ inside jokes and childish slapstick—as on the slow-burn plot.Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 15 July 2024
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“Listless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listless. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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