6 uses
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Definition
lacking energy and normal enthusiasm
- He was a tall, narrow, disconsolate man who moved with a crabby listlessness.Chapter 11 — Captain Black (10% in)
- He was listless and sticky.Chapter 15 — Piltchard & Wren (80% in)
- Yossarian moved listlessly into his own room, undressed and went to sleep.Chapter 16 — Luciana (40% in)
- He plodded along the zigzagging path through the forest listlessly, clogged with thirst and feeling almost too exhausted to go on.Chapter 25 — The Chaplain (66% in)
- Yossarian continued walking away at the same listless, unhurried pace, hands buried in his pockets.Chapter 39 — The Eternal City (58% in)
- A dim, sunken light glowed in his weak and listless eyes.Chapter 41 — Snowden (70% in)
There are no more uses of "listless" in Catch-22.
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