unenergetic

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Black manages to get a comfortable position out of the opening, and as with Alekhine-Smyslov, benefits from some unenergetic play from his young adversary: 14.

From Washington Times • Jun. 13, 2023

He was wide awake, yet he had almost the languor of slumber; it surprised him to find himself thus unenergetic and not wanting to be roused to battle, even if the enemy were in sight.

From Vistas of New York by Matthews, Brander

To this cause, I am convinced, is to be attributed their thin faces, their pale skins, their unenergetic temperament—unenergetic as regards physical motion—and their early old age.

From North America — Volume 1 by Trollope, Anthony

As it was, even that most unenergetic of young men, Dolly Longstaff, was moved to profound admiration.

From The Duke's Children by Trollope, Anthony

He is a very good boy, rather idle and unenergetic, but he is a very honest gentlemanlike little fellow, though I can't get him to construe as I wish.

From The History of Pendennis by Thackeray, William Makepeace