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lassitude

[las-i-tood, -tyood] / ˈlæs ɪˌtud, -ˌtjud /


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And it carried an implicit warning: If America ever ceases to be as Hilda—godly, uncompromising, moral, dutiful and good—the moss-covered lassitude of Hawthorne’s Rome awaits us too.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

His tone, however, belied the lassitude of a man who increasingly struggles to hide his age behind all that makeup.

From Salon Jan. 21, 2025

It’s also inevitable that some day soon the U.S. will play an opponent able to seize on its mid-game lassitude and ram a couple of quick goals home.

From Slate Sep. 3, 2021

It’s an on-the-nose image of loneliness and lassitude for those “living in the screen bunker,” as the pop psychologist Rob Henderson has called pandemic life.

From New York Times Mar. 11, 2021

Francie never noticed the dirt and the lassitude.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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