Meaning & use
Torpid
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Mentally or physically sluggish, inactive, or lacking energy.
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The heat left everyone feeling torpid by midafternoon.
Bears become torpid during hibernation, though not fully asleep.
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Related to "torpor," the noun form; both come from Latin "torpere," "to be numb or sluggish."
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