torpidity

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Noun
  • The situation is also an opportunity for NASA to resume the kind of risk-taking that has been lacking to shake the agency out of a post-space-shuttle lethargy and to reignite passions for reaching a stretch goal under deadline pressure.
    Thomas Black, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Those include decreased urination, lethargy or inability to keep fluids down.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In theory, to safely come back from induced hibernation, or even cryosleep, the body and mind would likely need hours or days to reverse the changes induced by torpor.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 22 Mar. 2026
  • This period of dormancy is referred to as torpor, as bears reduce activity and stay largely inside their warm dens.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Europe’s lassitude is heightened by internal divisions.
    HENRY FARRELL, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
  • As something of a companion piece to More, Jacques Deray’s summer thriller La Piscine is a far more dramatic and insidious tale of tropical desire, lassitude, and violence.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Symptoms include pallor or loss of color in the skin, extreme tiredness, easy bruising, unusual bleeding, decreased urination or blood in the urine, swelling of the legs, confusion, seizures, stroke, and high blood pressure, the clinic states.
    Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 9 Apr. 2026
  • When your sleep quality or consistency fluctuates, your body has a harder time keeping things regulated, which can result in sluggish energy levels, tiredness, and fatigue.
    Kristen Gasnick, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Torpidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torpidity. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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