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Listless

adjective/LIST-lus/

Having no energy or interest in doing anything.

He was listless all week while getting over the flu.

'List' + 'less' — a listless person has less desire, no wish to do a thing on any list.

Use for a tired, flat, unmotivated state, often from illness or boredom.