dozy
Americanadjective
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drowsy; half asleep.
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decayed, as timber.
adjective
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drowsy
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informal stupid
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A sequel to the highest grosser of the “Conjuring” Universe breaks faith with some of the core principles of suspense-building, resulting in dozy redundancy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
Some participants were encouraged to take a brief, dozy nap before tackling the problems.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 5, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The dozy capital of a state where roughly a fifth of the population lacks internet access seems like an unlikely hub for crypto regulation.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2022
It was silly, the thinking went, to pay too much attention to the results of dozy neurons making odd little stories out of loose bits and pieces rattling about in our brains.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
His hair was messy on top and his face looked dozy, like a sleepy child.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
But it is certainly off to a dozier start, and the opening minutes of the first episode — in stark contrast to the frenetic beginning of “Breaking Bad” — are positively somnambulant.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2015
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