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say it: LIST-luhs
listless is an adjective meaning "lacking zest or vivacity". It is pronounced /ˈlɪstləs/ — LIST-luhs. It carries 2 recorded senses.
marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
“a dispirited and divided Party”
“reacted to the crisis with listless resignation”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for listless come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.