lethargic

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The last high-rated television appearance for Britney was that MTV Video Music Awards performance for which she was roundly criticized for giving what could at best be described as a lethargic performance.

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  1. adjective Of, causing, or characterized by lethargy.

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  • How it had touched so many lives leaving some people strange, lethargic, and confused. —  Cleary, Melissa - Dog Mystery 04 - Skull and Dog Bones
  • I had seen many Turkish pashas, but never one of that type,—amiable, lethargic, and quite indisposed to do any harm to anybody, and he could not understand why the insurgents could not let him alone; he did not want to disturb them. —  The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II
  • But she was so tired and lethargic, and her eyelids felt so heavy. —  Fatal Cure by Leonard Goldberg
  • They began to seem disoriented and lethargic, and soon were tripping over themselves and lolling on the ground as if they were drunk. —  F ;SF - vol 100 issue 04 - April 2001
  • Gradually however, Chewy Chewy became subdued and lethargic: "He wasn't eating and seemed to hate being around anybody, preferring to hide away in a corner," said Janet. —  Dog Magazine dot net - Home of K9 Magazine
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  1. from French léthargique = Spanish letárgico = Portuguese lethargico = Italian letargico, from Latin lethargicus, from Greek ληθαργικός, drowsy, from λήθαργος, forgetful, ληθαργία, lethargy: see lethargy.
 

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