low-hearted

Weary, slack-jointed, low-hearted as they were, the deadly coast-fever fell upon them, and they shivered, and burned,and groaned,and raved, and leaped into holes, or rolled into campfires.

Now they harm the people, and the malign influence behind this lies with low-hearted officials who put all their efforts into catching them.

I was low-hearted in my ways, and she was hoping in hers, like her father was.