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Characterized by lack of interest, energy or spirit.

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  • Seen recently on a tee shirt ~ EMERGENCY ALERT: If wearer of this shirt is found vacant, listless, or depressed, ADMINISTER CHOCOLATE IMMEDIATELY.
  • He was listless and bored
  • After some days spent in listless indolence, during which I traversed many leagues,
  • She could do nothing for herself, she could only obey Joan's dictates, and this she did in listless misery.
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