listless
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When he did play, at the expense of the one signing who was playing well at that point, Ekitike, he looked listless and off the pace, poor value for money at such an exorbitant fee.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
“We cherish pleasure,” the authors write unabashedly, “and believe a politics without it will be unattractive, drab, listless, and doomed to failure.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The Treasury market moved in a listless fashion on Tuesday in response to the U.S. intervention in Venezuela — with traders more focused on a busy calendar week that includes Friday’s jobs report for December.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026
Shares have been listless since the company’s Nov. 6 annual meeting, down about $6 entering the day.
From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025
Her voice, as she reopened the hall door, dropped even further into uselessness, listless and barren.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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