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Meanings of listless in inglês

Marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm.

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Examples for "dispirited"
Examples for "dispirited"
1
He was quite dispirited, facing the prospect of bankruptcy at that point.
The capitol game
2
The Concern Worldwide chief executive does admit to being dispirited at times.
The Irish Times
3
Where Geertz saw dispirited, tradition-bound irrationality among villagers, Dunham saw potential vitality.
The bridge: the life and rise of barack obama
4
Ginevra lived her full life in a ball-room; elsewhere she drooped dispirited.
Villette
5
The very presence of the automaton chilled and dispirited the impatient visitor.
Fairy Fingers / A Novel
Usage of listless in inglês
1
Mensforth interpreted my listless reply as either aloofness or lack of interest.
Bones of the Lost
2
Dull and listless seemed to be the best you could hope for.
Moonfall
3
Her preoccupation continued as they crossed the square; her movements were listless.
Maurice Guest
4
Bolitho looked at Jenour, and past him to the waiting, listless ships.
The Only Victor
5
She read the letter and let it fall from her listless fingers.
Destiny
6
And then Charles came in, listless and tired, and without an appetite.
The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers
7
Even in her most listless hours she had never been a craven.
The Garden of Allah
8
Robin sat down with her listless small hands clasped in her lap.
Robin
9
There is a cost to this, as the increasingly listless Laura discovers.
The Guardian
10
Nor should we throw our truths away upon the dull and listless.
Dawn
11
The road rose and fell to the rhythm of the listless hills.
Ask the Dust
12
People who had appeared active enough before sat listless about the decks.
The Voyages of the "Ranger" and "Crusader" / And what befell the...
13
One day, feverish and excited, he played on in monotone almost listless.
The Fifth String
14
Clare kept opening and shutting her hand, in an attitude half-pensive, half-listless.
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 4
15
He sat for a moment at Salander's desk, listless, staring into space.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
16
It was not a listless waiting, it was intensely earnest and active.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common