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Lacking in stiffness or firmness

Feeling tired, fatigued or weary

Lacking in spirit, character or energy

Dull and uninteresting

Not fixed in place tightly or firmly

Suffering, or recovering from, a physical injury

Straight and flat

Lacking strength or will in one's character

Not strong or able to endure hardship

Physically unresponsive to amorous cues

Displaying severe degradation and neglect

An uneven walk or progress

To walk with difficulty, typically because of an injury

To move very slowly (towards something)

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Adjective

Lacking in stiffness or firmness

lacking firmness

supported from above

round-shouldered

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“Corby shook his head twice, inhaled deeply, and staggered upright, but his hands were limp at his sides.”

Adjective

Feeling tired, fatigued or weary

worn to a frazzle

out on one's feet

on your last legs

asleep on one's feet

puffing and blowing

gasping for breath

running on empty

dead on one's feet

extremely tired

out of condition

like death warmed up

lacking in energy

under the weather

with sunken cheeks

out of commission

the worse for wear

dead and buried

gone to the wall

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“I was feeling limp after the effort of moving my family here at short notice.”

Adjective

Lacking in spirit, character or energy

lacking vitality

lacking in vitality

lacking in energy

lacking personality

lacking charisma

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“Beckham would blame the heat for his team's limp performance against Paraguay.”

Adjective

Dull and uninteresting

run-of-the-mill

middle-of-the-road

non-stimulating

dull as dishwater

unobjectionable

undistinguished

nothing to write home about

common or garden

no great shakes

dark-colored^US

dark-coloured^UK

lacking variety

lacking interest

lacking excitement

soul-destroying

run of the mill

run-of-the-mine

dull as ditchwater

lacking variation

nothing to get excited about

fair to middling

unexceptionable

lacking in vitality

blending into the background

run-of-the mill

lacking in character

not amounting to much

without variety

flat as pancake

puts one to sleep

straightforward

fair-to-middling

lacking vitality

two-dimensional

devoid of emotion

nothing special

middle of the road

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“Then it was Malcolm's turn to deliver a limp speech about the need for conformity.”

Adjective

Not fixed in place tightly or firmly

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Adjective

Suffering, or recovering from, a physical injury

physically challenged

on the sick list

wheelchair-using

having a disability

differently abled

confined to bed

physically handicapped

wheelchair-bound

out of commission

physically impaired

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Adjective

Straight and flat

lacking vitality

two-dimensional

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Adjective

Lacking strength or will in one's character

chicken-hearted

chicken-livered

without a will of your own

afraid of one's shadow

hemming and hawing

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Adjective

Not strong or able to endure hardship

out of condition

out of training

lacking firmness

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Adjective

Physically unresponsive to amorous cues

Adjective

Displaying severe degradation and neglect

unprepossessing

down-at-the-heels

gone to rack and ruin

falling to pieces

down-at-the-heel

poorly maintained

the worse for wear

having seen better days

poverty-stricken

all the worse for wear

not up to snuff

seen better days

on its last legs

badly maintained

out of condition

in bad condition

in a state of disrepair

falling apart at the seams

bargain-basement

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Noun

An uneven walk or progress

“He walked with a pronounced limp for many months as a result of a leg wound.”

Verb

To walk with difficulty, typically because of an injury

walk with a limp

walk with difficulty

move unsteadily

lose your balance

walk like a duck

scuff one's feet

battle one's way

make one's way with difficulty

move laboriously

grope one's way

stretch your legs

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“I stubbed my toe and had to limp around for a bit.”

Verb

To move very slowly (towards something)

get no place fast

move at a snail's pace

bring up the rear

appear to pass slowly

go at a snail's pace

take one's time

drag your heels

put off doing something

use delaying tactics

play a waiting game

while away time

let the grass grow under one's feet

fritter time away

scrounge around

sit on one's butt

kick the can down the road

postpone action

let something slide

take a raincheck

stay in the background

be reluctant to come forward

establish yourself

establish oneself

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“Exhausted, he would finally limp past the finish line.”

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