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The action takes place on the snail-paced Navy supply ship Reluctant, carrying unvital but necessary cargo, from toothpaste to toilet paper, to all the safe island harbors between Tedium and Apathy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Isabelle's religious views were vague, broad, liberal, and unvital.

From Together by Herrick, Robert

None but children in mind could mistake them for truth, or keep up any real sympathy with such unvital motions.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman