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sleep-deprived

[ sleep-di-prahyvd ]

adjective

  1. affected by fatigue, weakness, impaired judgment, loss of mental alertness, etc., due to lack of sleep:

    I wasn’t going to wait in line overnight and then be in a store with 700 other sleep-deprived shoppers, any of whom could mentally snap and strangle me at any moment.

    If you know you’re going to have a sleep-deprived EEG, plan to have someone drive you to and from the test.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sleep-deprived1

First recorded in 1950–55
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"Because I was so sleep-deprived, I was getting to work quite late. I couldn't focus on my job. Ultimately due to just so much stress, so much anxiety, I lost my job."

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But from Wednesday night, when executive producer Lorne Michaels selects which sketches will be moving forward after the initial table read, until the cast waves goodnight on what is technically Sunday morning, it’s a mad, sleep-deprived dash.

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A sleep-deprived Chan was still nailing down performers on Tuesday.

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Like other Americans and members of society, they too are tired, sleep-deprived and exhausted, ground down and feeling the temptations of futility and of succumbing to learned helplessness in the face of Trump’s reign.

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She makes a similar argument about security: Sleep-deprived people are more likely to get in fights, so security measures that make sleep worse can backfire.

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