listlessness

Etymology

From listless + -ness.

noun

  1. The state of being listless; apathetic indifference; lethargy.
    This sensation of listlessness, weariness, stupidity, this disinclination to sit down and employ myself, this feeling of every thing’s being dull and insipid about the house!— I must be in love; I should be the oddest creature in the world if I were not—for a few weeks at least. 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 12

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