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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sleep-deprived¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

When we’re sleep-deprived, our brains react more slowly, explains Muck.

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"We're sleep-deprived, shocked, traumatised, and grieving," he said.

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Masha Maltsava, a Los Angeles-based photographer, says she spent much of her young adulthood stressed-out and sleep-deprived.

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Toyoake resident Kokuka Hirano, 59, said she is "sleep-deprived" because of her phone.

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In an “open letter to Trello leadership,” one person begins by asking, “Are you secretly conducting psychological warfare, or did a sleep-deprived intern hit ‘publish’ on your latest update by accident?”

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