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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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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
May 23,
CBS News,
23 May 2025
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So who is to blame for this callous disregard of patient’s and her family’s grief?—
Brea Baker,
Refinery29,
22 May 2025
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Interestingly, this connection between boredom and satisfaction wasn’t linked to relationship conflicts or tension, meaning boredom alone can weaken a relationship over time.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Rather than rising up and killing its former masters, Murderbot just goes about performing its security work, relieving the boredom by watching a lot of entertainment media; its favorite is a soap opera called The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 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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There can also be severe neurological changes, such as confusion or lethargy.—
Julie Scott,
Verywell Health,
20 May 2025
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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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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 3 Jun. 2025.
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