a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
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weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
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inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
<noun.attribute> the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends
Lethargy \Leth"ar*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. {-gies} (-j[i^]z). [F. l['e]thargie, L. lethargia, Gr. lhqargi`a, fr. lh`qargos forgetful, fr. lh`qh forgetfulness. See {Lethe}.] 1. Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked.
2. A state of inaction or indifference.
Europe lay then under a deep lethargy. --Atterbury.
Lethargy \Leth"ar*gy\, v. t. To lethargize. [Obs.] --Shak.
The bond markets' lethargy contrasted sharply with the euphoria that gripped the stock market.
"The dollar is moving sideways because there's nothing on the horizon to shake the market from its lethargy," said Carol Callanan, assistant vice president at Credit Lyonnais in New York.
Look for housing to bolster the economy's climb from lethargy.
Doctors often fail to recognize serious side effects of psychiatric drugs, leaving patients with unnecessary anxiety and lethargy and at risk of giving up the medication, according to a study.
After periods of depression and lethargy, he has a new sense of well-being and energy.
Dreams of food are accompanied by feelings of cold, fatigue and lethargy.
Mr. Einhorn also said the market is unlikely to escape from the trading range environment that has prevailed for almost a year, and he expects the lethargy that preceded its latest upturn to resurface soon.
Now the lethargy seems to be gone.
"They seem to have shaken off their lethargy on the lending side with a vengeance."
"The fear of higher rates has kept the stock market in a state of malaise and lethargy for weeks," he said.
"Apathy and lethargy continue to be the key words to describe conditions in the stock market," observes the Merrill Lynch Market Letter in its current edition.
It starts with a fever and progresses to vomiting, lethargy, stiff neck and irritability.
Meanwhile, any individual initiative is stifled by bureaucratic lethargy and indifference.
Analysts said nothing had taken place to stir the market out of its recent lethargy.
But investors snapped out of their lethargy once Wall Street opened strongly higher.
Yesterday, they were at 56 7/8. Donald Drapkin, vice chairman of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, which took Marvel public, won't comment on whether any national lethargy has contributed to Marvel's phenomenal success.
"He has made grievous errors of judgment," said The Sun. "She (Mrs. Thatcher) cannot protect him from charges of lethargy.
Energy futures finished higher on the New York Mercantile Exchange Thursday as the market shook off the lethargy of recent days and made some of its best gains.