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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | drooping, dull, listless |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, blah*, blahs, comatose, dopey, easy, energyless, enervated, faint, feeble, heavy, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, infirm, lackadaisical, laid-back, languishing, languorous, lazy, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, limp, moony, nebbish, phlegmatic, pining, sickly, sleepyhead, slow, sluggish, snoozy, spiritless, supine, torpid, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unhurried, uninterested, weak, weary, wimpy |
| Notes: | languid is limp or listless; limpid means clear or calm |
| Antonyms: | alert, animated, energetic, lively, spirited, vivacious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | neglectful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, failing |
| Synonyms: | behindhand, delinquent, derelict, disregardful, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, lax, lazy, negligent, regardless, remiss, slack, thoughtless, uncaring, unmindful |
| Notes: | neglectful means not showing due care or attention, heedless; negligent means marked by insufficient care or attention; negligible means so small as to be meaningless or insignificant |
| Antonyms: | attentive, careful, caring, mindful, successful |
| Main Entry: | remiss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, thoughtless |
| Synonyms: | any old way, any which way, asleep at switch, asleep on job, behindhand, culpable, daydreaming, defaultant, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, disregardful, fainéant, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, neglectful, negligent, regardless, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slothful, slow, tardy, uninterested, unmindful, woolgathering |
| Antonyms: | careful, mindful, scrupulous, thorough, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | supine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive |
| Synonyms: | do-nothing, dormant, dull, idle, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, lethargic, listless, motionless, passive, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, sluggish, unoccupied, unresponsive |
| Notes: | prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| Main Entry: | unmotivated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uninspired |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, dull, everyday, humdrum, indifferent, lazy, old hat, ordinary, prosaic, stale, unambitious, uncreative, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspiring, uninteresting, unmoved |
| Main Entry: | loafing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doing nothing useful |
| Synonyms: | dallying, futile, idle, lazy, rambling, worthless |
| Main Entry: | unoccupied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | idle |
| Synonyms: | disengaged, inactive, lazy, loitering, quiescent, unemployed, unengaged |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, engaged, industrious, occupied |
| Main Entry: | otiose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | useless |
| Synonyms: | empty, futile, hollow, idle, inactive, indolent, ineffective, laggard, lazy, slothful, sterile, superfluous, surplus, vain |
| Main Entry: | languorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | languid |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, blah*, blahs, comatose, dopey, easy, energyless, enervated, faint, feeble, flagging, heavy*, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, infirm, lackadaisical, laid-back*, languishing, lazy, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, limp, listless, lymphatic, moony, nebbish, phlegmatic, pining, sickly, sleepyhead, slow, sluggish, snoozy, spiritless, supine, torpid, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unhurried, uninterested, weak, weary, wimpy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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