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English Dictionary: listlessness by the DICT Development Group
2 results for listlessness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
listlessness
n
  1. a feeling of lack of interest or energy [syn: languor, lassitude, listlessness]
  2. inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
    Synonym(s): listlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Listless \List"less\, a. [OE. listles, lustles. See {Lust}.]
      Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless;
      spiritless. [bd] A listless unconcern.[b8] --Thomson.
  
               Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
               I was listless, and desponding.               --Swift.
  
      Syn: Heedless; careless; indifferent; vacant; uninterested;
               languid; spiritless; supine; indolent. --
               {List"less*ly}, adv. -- {List"less*ness}, n.
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