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TORPIDNESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy

Synonyms:

listlessness; torpidity; torpidness; torpor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("torpidness" is a kind of...):

passiveness; passivity (the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative)

Derivation:

torpid (slow and apathetic)

torpid (in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation)

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