(a.) Being in a state of abeyance.

Laodicean Olympian abeyant affording no hope aloof anesthetic ataractic backward balking balky benumbed blah blase bleak bored callous careless casual cataleptic catatonic centrist cheerless comatose comfortless dead debilitated desensitized despairing desperate despondent detached devil-may-care dilatory disconsolate disinterested dismal dispassionate disregardful distant dopey dormant droopy drugged dry dull easygoing enervated even exanimate fifty-fifty flat forlorn foul grim groggy grudging half-and-half heartless heavy hebetudinous heedless hopeless impartial impassible impassive in a stupor in abeyance in despair in suspense inactive inanimate inattentive incurious independent indifferent inert inexcitable insensible insensitive insouciant jaded lackadaisical laggard languid languorous latent leaden lethargic lifeless limp listless loath logy lumpish matter-of-fact midway mindless moderate moribund negligent neuter neutral nonaligned nonchalant noncommitted nonpartisan numb numbed on the fence passive perfunctory phlegmatic pluckless pococurante pooped reckless regardless reluctant renitent resigned restive sated sedentary slack sleeping sleepy slow slow to sluggish slumbering smoldering somnolent soporific spiritless spunkless stagnant stagnating standing static stoic stolid stultified stupefied supine suspended tame third-force third-world torpid turned-off unanxious unaroused uncaring uncommitted unconcerned undiscriminating unenthusiastic unhopeful uninquiring uninterested uninvolved unmindful unmoved unsolicitous untouched unzealous vegetable vegetative wan weary withdrawn without hope world-weary