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as in disregard
lack of interest or concern
after a lifetime of setbacks, defeats, and failures, he could only greet the latest bad news with a resigned fatalism and dull torpor
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as in boredom
physical or mental inertness
following a gut-busting Thanksgiving dinner, we spent the rest of the day lounging about in a contented torpor
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Recent Examples of torpor
Amid the torpor of their burgeoning love, the corpses start to stack up.
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
The current two parties have been unable to deal with the resulting mounting debt and economic torpor.
—R. Glenn Hubbard, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2013
But the tryptophan/carb combo is only part of the reason for your torpor.
—Nick Stockton, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2024
Throughout months of hibernation, these 2-3 week periods of torpor are interspersed with one or two day bouts of arousal.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 28 Nov. 2024
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
The current two parties have been unable to deal with the resulting mounting debt and economic torpor.
—R. Glenn Hubbard, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2013
But the tryptophan/carb combo is only part of the reason for your torpor.
—Nick Stockton, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2024
Throughout months of hibernation, these 2-3 week periods of torpor are interspersed with one or two day bouts of arousal.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 28 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for torpor
Noun
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Friday’s raid was the latest — and perhaps most brazen — attack, not only for its visceral impact on everyday San Diegans, but for its audacious disregard of our most cherished constitutional protections.—
Andrew Nietor,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2025
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Agencies may not conduct large-scale reorganizations and reductions in force in blatant disregard of Congress's mandates, and a president may not initiate large-scale executive branch reorganization without partnering with Congress.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
2 June 2025
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These spectacular environments and their all-consuming nature are often a form of therapy, a response to loneliness, boredom, trauma, mental illness, or religious mania–sometimes a combination.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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However, attendees showed no sign of boredom and punctuated her approximately 30-minute oration at City Hall with applause.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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There’s a New Spirituality in Pop Music June 7, 1987 As religion and crypto-religion were locked in mortal combat, the AIDS plague was sweeping across gay communities like a firestorm, to the complete indifference of the federal government and their Christian handmaidens.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Watching The Disappearance of Josef Mengele leaves one without any real feeling beyond indifference or deep disgust.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
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More severe cases of salmonellosis may include a high fever, aches, headaches, lethargy, a rash, blood in the urine or stool, and in some cases may become fatal.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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Signs that your pup may be unwell include significant weight loss; chronic vomiting or diarrhea; weakness and lethargy, says Knutsford Veterinary Surgery on its website.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Hours later, as the commanders slept at home in a medicated stupor, the handmaids spread out all over with the intent of killing Gilead’s leaders in their sleep.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
16 May 2025
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Drugs either didn’t work or put him in a severe stupor.—
Kayana Szymczak For The New York Times,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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“Torpor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torpor. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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