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- the kind of ennui that comes from having too much time on one's hands and too little will to find something productive to do
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“Ennui.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ennui. Accessed 28 May. 2022.
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