Definitions
lacking zest or vivacity
Word origin
From Middle English lystles, equivalent to list (“desire”) + -less. Compare German lustlos and Dutch lusteloos (“lethargic, listless”). Doublet of lustless.
Used in a sentence
“I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds, and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless.”
“What an entirely different set of beings were those Stokesley children in lesson-time. . . . Poor, listless, stolid, deplorable logs, with bowed backs and crossed ankles, pipy voices and heavy eyes!”
“The scene with Mrs. Wallace had broken his spirit, and he was listless now, indifferent to what happened.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Without energy”8 letters
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