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listless

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list·less

[list-lis]
adjective
having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English lystles. See list4, -less

list·less·ly, adverb
list·less·ness, noun
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listless (ˈlɪstlɪs)
 
adj
disinclined for any effort or exertion; lacking vigour, enthusiasm, or energy
 
[C15: from list desire + -less]
 
'listlessly
 
adv
 
'listlessness
 
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
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Word Origin & History

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).
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listless definition

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)

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