listlessness.

A condition of having little energy, enthusiasm, or desire to act.

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Words that belong together

• air of listlessness
• summer listlessness

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A listlessness settled over the camp in the heat.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.