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Meanings of lethargy in English
A state of physical and/or mental weakness and a lack of vigor.
Synonyms
Examples for "slackness"
Examples for "slackness"
1
Now, that illustrates the surprising slackness of discipline in the port watch.
2
Hazard's own quest for form has left him prone to defensive slackness.
3
But suffice to say, after some slackness, Jim is back on form.
4
The two chief enemies of mankind are moral slackness and physical slackness.
5
Now they feel emboldened enough to call each other out for slackness.
1
Let a veil come between, and club life would die of inanition.
2
Never allow yourself to be taken in the act of inanition.
3
The inanition delirium of tuberculosis resembles that of carcinosis and malaria.
4
Frequently the engine stopped as if from sheer fatigue or inanition.
5
And men may be over-disciplined, so that their impulses die away from inanition.
Spanish
letargia Natural logarithm of the quotient of a reference energy and the kinetic energy of a neutron.
Usage of lethargy in English
1
Results: Two patients withdrew from Study 1 after complaints of unacceptable lethargy.
2
Such assertive action is, on the basis of past official lethargy, essential.
3
Or the opposite, hypo-arousal: a state of lethargy, a feeling of unreality.
4
A bad circulation results in cold feet, in local stagnation, in lethargy.
5
Deep trance-like sleep and lethargy were the first signs of the problem.
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The idea of going back brought on a fresh wash of lethargy.
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She wanted to fidget, but a strange lethargy held her in place.
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The first two it seemed as though I was in a lethargy.
9
A lethargy had seized her; even the anger of revolt was gone.
10
And the words roused the merchant from his lethargy like a shower-bath.
11
Utilities are shielded from an immediate backlash, partly due to customers' lethargy.
12
Side effects included lethargy, rash, malaise and angina, compared to the placebo.
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A curious lethargy had succeeded the feverish energy of the previous night.
14
On the eighth day the madman sank back into his old lethargy.
15
Full circle, he thought while the final lethargy crept into his limbs.
16
Lucien scrambled to his feet, fighting the lethargy creeping through his body.
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Lethargy through the time
Lethargy across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common