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list⋅less
[list-lis] 
lɪs
–adjective
| having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake. |
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| list·less (lĭst'lĭs) adj. Lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort; lethargic: reacted to the latest crisis with listless resignation. [Middle English listles : probably from liste, desire (from listen, to desire; see list5) + -les, -lesse, -less.] list'less·ly adv., list'less·ness n. |
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| Main Entry: | listless1 |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | having no inclination or spirit; characterized by unwillingingness to exert |
| Etymology: | Middle English list 'desire' + less |
Language Translation for : listless
Spanish:
lánguido, apático,
German:
lustlos,
Japanese:
ものうげな
Listless
List"less\, a. [OE. listles, lustles. See Lust.] Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless. " A listless unconcern." --Thomson. Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain. --Dryden. I was listless, and desponding. --Swift. Syn: Heedless; careless; indifferent; vacant; uninterested; languid; spiritless; supine; indolent. -- List"less*ly, adv. -- List"less*ness, n.
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listless
c.1440, from M.E. liste "pleasure, joy, delight," from O.E. lystan, from P.Gmc. *lustijanan "pleasure" (cf. Du. lusten, Ger. lüsten, O.N. lysta), from the same root as O.E. lust "desire" (see lust).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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listless programming
In functional programming, a property of a function which allows it to be combined with other functions in a way that eliminates intermediate data structures, especially lists.
Phil Wadler's thesis gives the conditions for a function to be in listless form: each input list is traversed only once, one element at a time, from left to right. Each output list is generated once, one element at a time, from left to right. No other lists are generated or traversed.
Not all functions can be expressed in listless form (e.g. reverse).
(1995-02-22)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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