Unaffected vs Listless - What's the difference?
unaffected | listless | Related terms |
Not affected or changed.
Lacking pretense or affectation; natural.
* 1812 , , Pride and Prejudice ,
Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
* 1818 , , Frankenstein , ch. 18:
* 1861 , , The Stokesley Secret , ch. 6:
* 1901 , , The Hero , ch. 21:
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Unaffected is a related term of listless.
As adjectives the difference between unaffected and listless
is that unaffected is not affected or changed while listless is lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.As a noun unaffected
is someone not , as by a disease.unaffected
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Since I work from home, I was unaffected by the office move.
Chapter 3:
- Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.
Derived terms
* unaffectedly * unaffectednessSynonyms
* nonaffected (less common)listless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless .
- What an entirely different set of beings were those Stokesley children in lesson-time. . . . Poor, listless , stolid, deplorable logs, with bowed backs and crossed ankles, pipy voices and heavy eyes!
- The scene with Mrs. Wallace had broken his spirit, and he was listless now, indifferent to what happened.
John Hardy: Bali Guy," Time :
- “Listless , inattentive, distracted,” he recited. “A daydreamer. Tries his best, but is too slow.”