unawakened

adjective

Definition of unawakenednext
as in sleeping

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  1. sleeping
  2. dormant
  3. resting
  4. asleep
  5. slumbering
  6. drowsy
  7. somnolent
Adjective
  • An autopsy showed that the infant died from asphyxiation secondary to a co-sleeping/overlay event with an unsafe sleeping environment.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026
Definition of sleeping
Adjective
  • In January, Sorrells created a cold case task force that is using advances in DNA technology to try to identify suspects in dormant homicide investigations.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Ryan Gosling is reviving one of his long-dormant side gigs just in time for Halloween.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of dormant
Adjective
  • That’s because when the body experiences physical stress, including losing weight quickly, more hairs can shift into a resting phase and fall out a few months later — typically two to three months after the event, Rossi explains.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • This is a condition where, due to stress or hormonal changes, the body puts the hair follicles into a resting phase.
    — Essence, Essence, 19 Dec. 2025
Definition of resting
Adjective
  • The Rays bullpen was able to settle in, using seven total pitchers, but the Tampa offense was sound asleep until Liam Hicks and Chandler Simpson both doubled in the ninth for the Rays, making the score 4-1.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2026
  • And those in power in LA and at the state level have been asleep at the wheel.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of asleep
Adjective
  • Flat, slow, even sleepier than the slumbering crowd that had come to see him.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The fireworks came instead from the Dodgers' slumbering offense, which awoke with Max Muncy's three-run double and Freddie Freeman's RBI single after Skubal departed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of slumbering
Adjective
  • Allergy drugs can ease those symptoms and make people drowsy, potentially offering relief from insomnia.
    — Kara Smythe, EverydayHealth.com, 15 May 2026
  • Fleets that deployed the company's AI dash cams, which detect drowsy or distracted driving, saw a 73% reduction in accidents after 30 months, according to company data from more than 2,600 customers.
    — TIME Contributors, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of drowsy
Adjective
  • In the sixth inning Wednesday night, with their pursuit of history on the line against those pesky Milwaukee Brewers, the somnolent Dodgers had finally come to life.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Sheik’s passion to depict Somalia through a Somali lens plus older generation fecklessness shines through as Amini leaves her somnolent village to find sis Barni, 9, in a big city.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of somnolent
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