as in lethargy
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Noun
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The government has also been instrumental in supporting growth in recent months, through a spate of stimulus steps undertaken to revive the lethargy of an economy internally weighed down by lackluster domestic consumption and an extensive real estate slump.—
Anniek Bao,Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2025 -
On the other hand, pets with salmonella infections may exhibit lethargy or have symptoms such as diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever, and vomiting.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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The system demands that voters, already weighed down by electoral fatigue and apathy, return to the polls for runoff elections.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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Star Wars and Marvel have faced similar backlash and apathy.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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This sense of professional inertia can have far-reaching consequences, affecting not only your job performance but also overall well-being.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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This recognizes that, because of the effects of inertia, considerable (unnecessary) effort must be expended by cyclists to get back up to speed after coming to a complete stop at an intersection with no traffic.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Eastwood stars in both, and both suffer from some of the late-career languors that started to creep into his movies after a certain point, mostly due to a tendency to let dialogue scenes play on and on without much regard to rhythm or pace.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
1 Nov. 2024
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That there was this kind of languor, a little bit of maturity.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
12 Sep. 2024
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After indulging Sofia’s indolence for the better part of its running time, the movie suddenly supports her newfound sense of independence.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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This is our deliverance from mediocrity and indolence — our greatest national security threat.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Jan. 2025
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But neither was there the ho-hum, dutiful lassitude that usually accompanies second inaugurations, like Barack Obama’s in 2013.—
James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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But the opinion, written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., went way further than necessary to insulate Trump from prosecution — not simply before the election, which the court, by its lassitude, had nearly guaranteed, but forever, even in the event that President Biden wins reelection.—
Ruth Marcus,
Washington Post,
1 July 2024
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“Supineness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supineness. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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