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
England came into the game on the back of listless losses against Scotland, Ireland and Italy, but were revived, performing with energy and invention that had gone missing for much of their campaign.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 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
This vacant eye, listless hand, this damask cheek dusted like a doughnut with plastic powder, had to have a memory or a dream.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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