listless

listless

1. innoton

Synonyymisanakirja

listless

laiska, unelias, epäaktiivinen, veltto, vetelä, innoton, voimaton, välinpitämätön, hengetön, lannistunut, haluton.

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Englannin sanakirja

listless (englanti > suomi)

1. välinpitämätön, innoton, voimaton

listless englanniksi

1. Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.

2. 1818, w:Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley|Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein, ch. 18:

I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless.

3. 1861, w:Charlotte M. Yonge|Charlotte M. Yonge, The Stokesley Secret, ch. 6:

What an entirely different set of beings were those Stokesley children in lesson-time. . . . Poor, listless, stolid, deplorable logs, with bowed backs and crossed ankles, pipy voices and heavy eyes!

4. 1901, w:William Somerset Maugham|William Somerset Maugham, The Hero, ch. 21:

The scene with Mrs. Wallace had broken his spirit, and he was listless now, indifferent to what happened.

5. 2005 Nov. 29, Aryn Baker, "http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1135643,00.html John Hardy: Bali Guy," Time:

“Listless, inattentive, distracted,” he recited. “A daydreamer. Tries his best, but is too slow.”

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