as in sluggish
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Adjective
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A little over five minutes later, the Leafs again pounced on a sluggish Panthers side when John Tavares stuffed a wraparound goal past Bobrovsky.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
10 May 2025 -
The Maple Leafs have a 12-8 edge in shots on goal, but the Panthers looked considerably better down the stretch after a sluggish opening six minutes.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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Pets may appear lethargic, exhibit loss of appetite, vomit or have diarrhea.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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Chelsea’s income from Stamford Bridge has been particularly lethargic.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Carbon monoxide can also cause the victim to become sleepy, lose consciousness, or lose muscle function as the dangerous gas stops oxygen flow to the brain, heart, and other important cells and organs.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2025
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This sleepy port town, penned in by snowy mountains on one side and endless freezing sea on the other, could have been where Spurs’ European dream died.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
9 May 2025
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Originally supposed to fly Sierra Space Dream Chaser test flight, but payload switched to an inert mass simulator because of potential Dream Chaser delays beyond October launch date.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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To demand that every new formulation be tested against an inert placebo would mean turning back the clock to reproduce trials that may have taken place decades ago, but resulted in the licensing of the original vaccine after safety and efficacy were established.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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Now, Europe is faced with a U.S. government that is at best apathetic and at worst antagonistic and that appears set on unilaterally shifting the burden of the continent’s security onto its European allies, who must reorganize to fill the gaps.—
Sophia Besch,
Foreign Affairs,
5 May 2025
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No one wants to go on bad dates; few people think of themselves as apathetic conversationalists.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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Just an hour south of the gaseous maelstrom otherwise known as the City of Angels lurks a quiescent hideaway called Terranea Resort, set like a rare gemstone on 102 acres of Palos Verdes Peninsula oceanfront.—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Russia, for its part, went from being both weak and quiescent in the early 1990s to being a revanchist power, a spoiler with enough capability and cunning to be disruptive.—
Fareed Zakaria,
Foreign Affairs,
11 June 2019
Adjective
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Studies have shown that teens who experience a lack of sleep could suffer negative consequences, including an inability to concentrate, poor grades, drowsy driving incidents, anxiety, depression, and many more.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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How to Beat the Afternoon Slump: This drowsy feeling is temporary but frustrating.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Game 6 was so confounding because the Celtics just looked listless from the start.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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While the show was a bit listless at first, everything changed in that fateful moment when Candice and Penner stepped off the mat.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
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“Lazyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lazyish. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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