listless
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Low trading volume has likely contributed to the listless price action, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
In Georgia Bernstein’s alluringly listless “Night Nurse,” something is afoot at a luxury retirement community.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
He replaces Sabri Lamouchi, who was fired after Tunisia’s listless loss to Sweden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 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
Lucy went through a terrible sick spell, listless and pale for weeks on end.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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