lackadaisical
:lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid
teachers who are impatient with lackadaisical students
... When folks living from the late 17th to the late 19th century had one of those days when nothing goes right, they could cry "Lackaday!" to express their sorrow and disappointment as a shortened form of the expression "alack the day." ...

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Ambivalent or
#Lackadaisical maybe
Just plain lazybones

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The #lackadaisical robot horses stood half rusted in the ripped #circus tent. Blood dripped from their hooves and the freshly stamped body of the ring master lay at the heart of the ring. A horse snorted, spying Marni peeking around the tent, then reared.

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enthusiastic
quill leads the way out of days
lackadaisical

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Curtains peered through tall grass. The brigands had captured the wagon. But there weren't very many of them & their security was #lackadaisical at best.
Curtains rolled onto his back & flashed a message to the airship. He received an acknowledgment & saw them relay his command to his forces.
Moments later, the airship swept in low & his forces attacked. The brigands tried to flee, but discovered they had been herded into a trap. They threw down their weapons in disgust.