torpidadjective
uk/ˈtɔː.pɪd/us/ˈtɔːr.pɪd/formalnot active; moving or thinking slowly, especially as a result of being lazy or feeling that you want to sleep:
If you have a sudden loss of cabin pressure at 20,000 feet, passengers will become torpid and then lose consciousness.
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Passive and not working
- anywhere
- arse about/around
- breather
- breathing space
- bum
- bum around
- float
- idle
- laze
- leave sb be idiom
- lie around
- moribund
- not get/go anywhere idiom
- passive
- recharge
- slob
- slob around (sth)
- slop around (sth)
- stew
- take five idiom
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torpidly
adverb uk/ˈtɔː.pɪd.li/us/ˈtɔːr.pɪd.li/