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Definition
lacking energy and normal enthusiasm
- There were glaring lights inside, a few tired salesgirls among a spread of deserted counters, and the screaming of a phonograph record being played for a lone, listless customer in a corner.1.9 Part 1 Chapter 9 — The Sacred and the Profane (13% in)
- ...cousin explained that he could not help it; he had had to cut the workday down to six hours, he said, in order to raise the morale of the men who did not seem to function as they had in the days of his cousin Kenneth; the men had become listless and sloppy, he said, because they were exhausted by the harsh discipline of the former management; he could not help it if some of the superintendents and foremen had quit him without reason, men who had been with the company for ten to...2.5 Part 2 Chapter 5 — Account Overdrawn (1% in)
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