as in boredom
physical or mental inertness
shocked by news of impending layoffs, the workers shuffled through their shift in a quiet stupor
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Recent Examples of stupor
And that was done mostly wordlessly in a drugged stupor, so that was always going to be a challenge, not to just be the boring guy falling asleep.
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Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2025
This routine also lulls even the multisig participants into a stupor, or a mindless clicking of buttons.
—Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Slim, chiselled Tom wakes from his stupor, newly determined to prove his haters wrong.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
Symptoms of severe illness include high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness, disorientation, stupor, tremors, seizures, paralysis, or coma.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Sep. 2024
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Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2025
This routine also lulls even the multisig participants into a stupor, or a mindless clicking of buttons.
—Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Slim, chiselled Tom wakes from his stupor, newly determined to prove his haters wrong.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
Symptoms of severe illness include high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness, disorientation, stupor, tremors, seizures, paralysis, or coma.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stupor
Noun
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Over time, chronic stress can lead to social isolation, boredom, and lack of physical activity, which negatively impacts both the emotional and physical health of shelter animals.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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The border was so quiet that National Guardsmen were reportedly struggling with boredom.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Context Forty years ago in Azerbaijan in the south Caucuses region of western Asia, the laconic lethargy of Soviet bulk wine production was walloped by planned vineyard destruction.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Imagine the possibilities to overcome political lethargy on these issues if voters had meaningful power to initiate change on their own.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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In the mid-to-late ’70s, when New York was sunk into the torpor of potential economic ruin, the city was fabled in another way.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2025
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There are many reasons why putting humans into torpor for long-duration spaceflight is a good idea.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Sep. 2016
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“Stupor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stupor. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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