Adjective : an energetic leader. ,to take energetic measures against crime. From Dictionary.com.
It is a kind of unenergetic knowledge; an illumination, which shines mildly, but truly, clearly but faintly; and in hearts that cast many shadows upon themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons. Volume Third.] Reference
"I think Ida is about as unenergetic a girl as I ever knew.". From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
The day that I got her she had just been de-wormed, so she was sick and lethargic and unenergetic. From Wordnik.com. [Puppy Love!] Reference
As it was, even that most unenergetic of young men, Dolly Longstaff, was moved to profound admiration. From Wordnik.com. [The Duke's Children] Reference
Fair enough cover by Bryan Hitch, but it seems a bit towards the nice unenergetic side, for two covers in a row now. From Wordnik.com. [Judging (Marvel’s March) Books By Their Covers | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
Then Katrina and the emergence in the fall of an unenergetic, irritable, muted, unfocussed President, the man you see today. From Wordnik.com. [Nora Ephron: What's Eating George Bush?] Reference
Even the monthly Hadley CRUT3 plot is looking rather unenergetic in recent years, with a generally-sideways movement over the last 5 years. From Wordnik.com. [More Unthreaded « Climate Audit] Reference
Opinions varied, but one prevailing sentiment seemed to be that the Caps' main issue is less with personnel and more with unenergetic play. From Wordnik.com. [Line change: Who should lead the attitude change?] Reference
He seemed rather hurt and pricked by the jests thrown at him, yet bore it patiently, and sometimes almost joined in the laugh, being of an easy, unenergetic temper. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866] Reference
The boom swayed and swung over, the boat, without guidance, idly headed off, and we flopped home to the placid bay before the unenergetic breeze, which was all that Nature in her idle hour could spare. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
He who is greatly under the influence of spiritual ignorance, who is foolish, senseless and given to dreaming, who is idle, unenergetic and swayed by anger and haughtiness, is said to be under the influence of tamas. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
How poor, listless and unenergetic would all our performances be, but for this sentiment!. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts on Man: His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries] Reference
He got almost 70 percent of the vote against Noah Lemas, an unenergetic sacrificial lamb. From Wordnik.com. [RoguePundit] Reference
Gen. Musharraf was prepared to join in an unenergetic pursuit of Arab members of Al-Qaeda in Pakistan. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Atticus because Athens, full of art and literature, easy, unenergetic, and luxurious, was dear to him. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Cicero Volume One] Reference
His delivery is near-monotone and mellow, which I suppose could be interpreted as half-ass and unenergetic. From Wordnik.com. [i guess i'm floating] Reference
He is a very good boy, rather idle and unenergetic, but he is a very honest gentlemanlike little fellow, though. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis] Reference
And it is anything but pleasant in a time of war to come across such lax and unenergetic people as they proved to be. From Wordnik.com. [On Commando] Reference
Those who found Mr Motivator's presenting style a tad negative and unenergetic will enjoy an evening in the company of The Go!. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
Tommy Bowden managed to pull one of the most lackluster, unenergetic performances out of one of his most skilled teams since he arrived. From Wordnik.com. [Georgia Tech Sports] Reference
The big dragoon was as helpless as a baby; and Robert Audley, the most vacillating and unenergetic of men, found himself called upon to act for another. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Audley's Secret] Reference
As a matter of course he would be there to hear the charge, but, almost equally as a matter of course, he would be languid, silent, cross, and unenergetic. From Wordnik.com. [Phineas Redux] Reference
Walking if I'm particularly unenergetic, or not wearing the right clothes, and running when I really feel like covering some ground and I'm properly attired. From Wordnik.com. [Baltiblogs] Reference
We had just finished our breakfast and rather languidly, for the thick, sultry air left me unenergetic, I told one of the Zulus to see that the two donkeys and the white ox which. From Wordnik.com. [Allan and the Holy Flower] Reference
To this cause, I am convinced, is to be attributed their thin faces, their pale skins, their unenergetic temperament -- unenergetic as regards physical motion -- and their early old age. From Wordnik.com. [North America — Volume 1] Reference
To this cause, I am convinced, is to be attributed their thin faces, their pale skins, their unenergetic temperament — unenergetic as regards physical motion — and their early old age. From Wordnik.com. [North America] Reference
Because of this, I will give my qualified, if unenergetic, support for what he is doing, and pray for the sake of the troops, the decent people of Afghanistan, and our nation, that it works. From Wordnik.com. [Ace of Spades HQ] Reference
Cudi's fast-paced beats did not translate well into conscripted, event-tent performance and, although the blinding light show impressively lit up the now-dark Yard, Cudi's unenergetic body movement and overly-casual tone failed to ignite the show. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Crimson | All Articles] Reference
Add to this dialogue that would have been sniffed at by an 80s-TV audience, six (six!) faux screen-startles better suited to horror spoofs, contrivances good horror directors learned to avoid decades back, and acting that can be called, at best, unenergetic. From Wordnik.com. [Pajiba] Reference
"Well, nobody could call Brandon an unenergetic man -- quite the reverse. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral] Reference
He is a very good boy, rather idle and unenergetic, but he is a very honest gentlemanlike little fellow, though I can’t get him to construe as I wish. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis] Reference
Hampshire complained about her students: "I have been in the wilds of Mississippi -- going over with languid, unenergetic girls dull Latin verbs, or trying to sharpen them on angels not half as obtuse as themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Educating Daisy: Some Observations on the Education of Women in the Nineteenth Century South] Reference
Instead we look listless and unenergetic. From Wordnik.com. [Poll Boost for Cameron But Ming Is In Trouble] Reference
2005-03-12, 11: 29 p.m. I woke up at half past 11 this morning, feeling listless and generally unenergetic. From Wordnik.com. [spectre12 Diary Entry] Reference
They are said to be lazy, unthrifty, unenergetic. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland] Reference
It’s really restrained and very unenergetic. From Wordnik.com. [Steel Trap (2008)] Reference
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