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lethargic

[luh-thahr-jik] / ləˈθɑr dʒɪk /


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Many taking weight-loss medications initially lose fat and feel great, but quickly start to feel weak and lethargic, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

"Looking at a sloth and trying to determine if they are lethargic or not cannot be the easiest," said Simpson-Brown.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

“Woods’ movement was lethargic and slow,” sheriff’s deputy Tatiana Levenar wrote in the report.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

That show is growing duller, and more lethargic and repetitive, by the day, like watching reruns of a canceled sitcom.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

I found the sick-room unwatched, as I had expected: no nurse was there; the patient lay still, and seemingly lethargic; her livid face sunk in the pillows: the fire was dying in the grate.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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