Listless

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort; lethargic: reacted to the latest crisis with listless resignation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Indifferent to or taking no interest in what happens about one; languid and unheeding: as, a listless hearer or spectator.
  • Marked by languid inactivity; manifesting relaxed attention; inanimate: as, a listless attitude.
  • Synonyms Listless, Careless, Supine, Indolent. The listless and the careless do not care or desire; the supine and the indolent do not care enough to conquer their shrinking from activity or work. The words may all indicate a temporary state or a permanent element of character; indolent generally indicates the latter. (See idle.) Careless is not caring; supine is literally lying flat on one's back, not rousing one's self at all, ignobly indifferent; listless, indifferent and languid. Listless does not necessarily imply blame.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
  • adj. lacking zest or vivacity
  • Equivalent
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    uninterested    vacant    careless    languid    indolent    supine    indifferent    heedless    spiritless    apathetic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    languid    dejected    apathetic    indolent    sluggish    sullen    torpid    pensive    lethargic    sleepy