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Lethargic

//ləˈθɑɹd͡ʒɪk// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Sluggish, slow.

    "[That cat] hasn't caught a mouse since he was a slip of a kitten. Except when eating, he does nothing but sleep. Lethargic is the word that springs to the lips. If you cast an eye on him, you will see that he's asleep now."

  2. 2
    Indifferent, apathetic.
Adjective
  1. 1
    deficient in alertness or activity wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ληθαργικός (lēthargikós), from λήθαργος (lḗthargos, “forgetful, lethargic”), from λήθη (lḗthē, “a forgetting, forgetfulness”) (from which Lethe (“river in Hades”)) + ἀργός (argós, “not working”). By surface analysis, lethargy + -ic.

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