spiritlessness

noun

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as in lethargy

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  1. lethargy
  2. languor
  3. indolence
  4. torpor
Noun
  • And rich, fatty foods, such as gravy, can contribute to pancreatitis, a painful condition characterized by vomiting and lethargy that requires emergency veterinary care.
    Lisa Bloch, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Also, look for unsteadiness, lethargy, and drowsiness. Seizures.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of lethargy
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  • Eastwood stars in both, and both suffer from some of the late-career languors that started to creep into his movies after a certain point, mostly due to a tendency to let dialogue scenes play on and on without much regard to rhythm or pace.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
  • That there was this kind of languor, a little bit of maturity.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024
Definition of languor
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  • The United States, however, has lost its capacity for self-government through stupendous intellectual indolence and the exaltation of puerilities, like Tayor Swift or Tom Brady, over thinkers like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, and Montaigne.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2024
  • If slouching among privileged white Americans could indicate an enviable carelessness, it was seen as proof of indolence when adopted by the disadvantaged.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Definition of indolence
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  • Throughout months of hibernation, these 2-3 week periods of torpor are interspersed with one or two day bouts of arousal.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Last week’s attacks seem to have awoken French politicians from this torpor.
    Jonathan Laurence, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2015
Definition of torpor
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