listless
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Low trading volume has likely contributed to the listless price action, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 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
Thrust into vases they became dank and listless, and to see them at their best you must walk in the woods in the morning, about twelve o’clock, when the sun was overhead.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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