supine
adjective
lying on the back, face or front upward.
supineness
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a word derived from
supine.
Example Sentences
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After years of supineness, therefore, the American Government will now have to spring into sudden, vigorous, often risky action .
From Time Magazine Archive
His impression was that the Mikado's supineness rose not from weakness but from indifference, out of which he might be roused.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Lewis Wingfield
They awoke from their supineness, and much indignation at the young scholar was privately expressed.
From Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood
He not only subdued the reactionary intrigues, but the supineness of the country, which had left its soldiers in a condition that played into the intriguers' hands.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Moncure Daniel Conway
On the part of the senate itself there must be no apathy, no supineness, no dilettanteism, but a stern, vigorous determination stringently and impartially to enforce prompt obedience to its edicts.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
