as in sleepy
slow to move or act
a big meal always makes me feel lethargic and sleepy
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Recent Examples of lethargic
Ultimately, the lethargic Soviet economy could not sustain Moscow’s imperial adventures and impracticable projects.
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S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Some stop walking on hands or turn lethargic.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
Sea stars that contracted the disease became lethargic, developed lesions, lost their arms and disintegrated into gooey masses within days, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
Well, that came to an end in Game 5 as McDavid was slowed as part of a mostly lethargic pace throughout the night.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Some stop walking on hands or turn lethargic.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
Sea stars that contracted the disease became lethargic, developed lesions, lost their arms and disintegrated into gooey masses within days, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
Well, that came to an end in Game 5 as McDavid was slowed as part of a mostly lethargic pace throughout the night.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lethargic
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Except that four years later, on The Hills, Lauren Conrad passed it up for a guy with frosted tips and sleepy vibes.—
Megan Angelo,
Glamour,
11 Sep. 2025
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New York — Oracle, a large but generally sleepy cloud-computing company, just had an absolutely bonkers day on Wall Street.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Early on, the dull chamber music of the Ferrari 296’s wide-angle V6 gas-electric hybrid powertrain was roundly criticized.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Rather than efficiently dicing and slicing your produce, a dull knife actually requires more force, which can cause you or someone else in your household to get hurt.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Added to that, the British economy is sluggish and loaded with debt, and Starmer’s chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has no obvious options for raising revenues in her November budget, having ruled out tax hikes on working people in the election campaign.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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Not an excuse, but definitely a factor, from what I was told, in what turned into a sluggish showing on both sides of the ball.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Lethargic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lethargic. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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