listless
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The relative predictability of baking, putting together ingredients with a tasty outcome, anchors listless days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
There’s a chance both teams will decide it serves their interests to play a listless draw and share the orange slices.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
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
Christina Applegate is where she spent many listless, painful nights over the last year working on her memoir: in bed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
It lay near the stem, where it had fallen, listless, but its stomach was still panting and its eyes were still moving, expressing terror.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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