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SUPINE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Passive as a result of indolence or indifference
Example:
No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried
Classified under:
Similar:
inactive; passive (lacking in energy or will)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lying face upward
Synonyms:
resupine; supine
Classified under:
Similar:
unerect (not upright in position or posture)
