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listlessness
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What does listlessness mean?
noun
- The state of being listless; apathetic indifference; lethargy.
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Rachel’s obvious languor and listlessness made her an easy prey, and indeed Helen had devised a kind of trap.
The schoolmaster’s growing languor and listlessness over his work gave countenance to the idea.
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But you hold out no inducement, you offer no relief from listlessness, you provide nothing to amuse his mind, you afford him no means of exercising his body.
But the habit of listlessness and idleness may already have become confirmed, and they are unable to break the bonds with which they have permitted themselves to become bound.
They had not made many steps,—in truth, they were lingering in the entry, with the listlessness of an accomplished purpose, uncertain what to do next,—when Phœbe ran to meet them.