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What does torpor mean?

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Noun
  1. A state of being inactive or stuporous.
  2. A state of apathy or lethargy.
  3. (biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep
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Indeed, if they find themselves restrained by a new gripping torpor, they will soon weary of being part of the EU family.
She is living with them in conditions of domestic comfort but emotional torpor in White Point, a fishing community north of Perth.
Hasn't the Church always regained her strength in times of moral torpor by recalling the heights from which it has fallen?
It remains to be seen whether the American populace will wake from their torpor, put down the remote, and do something.
When the water evaporates, the crocodiles estivate, or pass the summer in a kind of torpor.
These are the defilements of sensuous desire, ill-will or anger, sloth and torpor, agitation and worry, and doubt.

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