torpid
adjective
inactive or sluggish.
torpidity
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a word derived from
torpid.
Example Sentences
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Reva worries about her friend’s torpidity, at the way she is self-eaten, like a consumptive.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2018
“We have gone through a very long period of diplomatic stagnation, torpidity and rigidity.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2012
PRO: With Oscar-telecast expectations at an all-time low, his all-singing, all-dancing, even-more-singing hosting gig managed to goose ratings, and almost rescued the show from its self-imposed torpidity.
From Time Magazine Archive
England's lack of means, the demoralization following the Wars of the Roses, and religious dissensions were the chief causes of her torpidity then.
From The Spanish Pioneers by Charles F. Lummis
We may safely dismiss the notion of submersion till better authenticated; but that of torpidity is still open to examination.
From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Philip Henry Gosse
