Vocabulary
Lethargy
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a lack of energy and enthusiasm.
Urdu meaning
غنودگی، طویل نیند، کمزوری
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The weak attendance of legislators is, therefore, not because of their lethargy.
Dawn Editorials —
Parliamentarians` attendance
— 2026-02-20
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I [ILE the payment of pensions, especially in the public sector, is a major financial challenge for the state, particularly due to the large number of retirees, these woes are exacerbated by bureaucratic lethargy.
Dawn Editorials —
Pension bottleneck
— 2026-01-17
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Ironically, the very sectors that have received sustained donor support remain most inefficient, resulting in policy lethargy, institutional decay, and misuse of resources.
Dawn Editorials —
Quest for economic sovereignty
— 2025-09-26
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As a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Pakistan cannot afford lethargy.
Dawn Editorials —
Save the girls
— 2025-05-31
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As a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Pakistan should not show such prolonged lethargy.
Dawn Editorials —
Childhood trauma
— 2025-02-16
Synonyms
sluggishness, inertia, inactivity, inaction, slowness, torpor, torpidity, lifelessness,
Antonyms
vigour, energy, animation
Curator example
“there was an air of lethargy about him”
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