First Known Use: 14th century
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lethargic
adjective le·thar·gic \lə-ˈthär-jik, le-\
: feeling a lack of energy or a lack of interest in doing things
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Examples of LETHARGIC
- You'll need to move your lure as slowly as possible to tempt the lethargic fish into feeding… —Lenny Rudow, Boating, December 1997
- … became a drifter and for a time an alcoholic and finally lapsed into lethargic self-abasement. —Stanley Karnow, New York Times Book Review, 14 Oct. 1984
- The audience was cold and lethargic. It is true there were about fifty-seven applauses, but they were not roars of enthusiasm by any means. —Lady Bird Johnson, 12 Jan. 1966, in A White House Diary,1970
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(see lethargy)
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