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Type Words
Synonyms languor, lassitude
Type of apathy
Derivation listless
Type Words
Synonyms torpidity, torpidness, torpor
Type of passiveness, passivity
Derivation listless

Examples of listlessness

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The equity listlessness came despite bullish guidance from a major chemical maker.
From the forbes.com
Symptoms include headaches, listlessness, drowsiness and poor concentration.
From the newscientist.com
Signs would be vomiting, listlessness, lack of appetite and abdominal pain.
From the ocregister.com
But most of the pre-revolutionary 1970s were conspicuous for their listlessness, too.
From the economist.com
The characters are given insufficient time to inhabit their listlessness.
From the metro.co.uk
One is listlessness and drift, as discipline crumbles, morale plummets and ideas dry up.
From the economist.com
This can lead to everything from headaches to dry mouth and listlessness.
From the suntimes.com
Complaints about depression, listlessness and insomnia in medicated % children are common.
From the time.com
It begins with a runny nose, accompanied by a feeling of listlessness.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Languor: a feeling of lack of interest or energy
  • Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
  • (listless) lacking zest or vivacity; "he was listless and bored"
  • (listless) dispirited: marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a dispirited and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation"
  • Fatigue (also called exhaustion, lethargy, languidness, languor, lassitude, and listlessness) is a state of awareness describing a range of afflictions, usually associated with physical and/or mental weakness, though varying from a general state of to a specific work-induced burning sensation ...
  • The state of being listless; indifference; lethargy
  • (listless) "List," in this context, is Old English for "lust." One must be depressed, indeed, to get to this state. See: LANGUID, TORPID.