as in slow
lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation
the city's downtown has been comatose for years
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Recent Examples of comatose
During this comatose period, Foxx was taken to a doctor, who administered a cortisone shot and sent him home.
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Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
The suspenseful novel follows writer Lowen Ashleigh, who gets hired by the husband of a best-selling thriller author Verity Crawford to finish a series of novels that Verity cannot complete because of an accident that left her in a comatose state.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
And that’s to say nothing of the comatose Lila, who’s been kept in the bosom of a thinking machine that makes Alexa look like an Atari 2600.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024
Like, worse than the time Lois accused the nurse of pleasuring her comatose husband.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 2 Oct. 2024
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Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
The suspenseful novel follows writer Lowen Ashleigh, who gets hired by the husband of a best-selling thriller author Verity Crawford to finish a series of novels that Verity cannot complete because of an accident that left her in a comatose state.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
And that’s to say nothing of the comatose Lila, who’s been kept in the bosom of a thinking machine that makes Alexa look like an Atari 2600.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024
Like, worse than the time Lois accused the nurse of pleasuring her comatose husband.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comatose
Adjective
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The cut is also gaining ground on the Adult Contemporary chart, only at a much slower pace, which is not unusual for that list.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Morgan Stanley also highlighted risks such as weaker consumption and a slower pace of enterprise digitalization.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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At around 270 square miles, Menorca charms travelers with its sleepy villages (like Fornells and Binibeca), history (centuries-old lighthouses and archaeological sites), local wines, and under-the-radar beaches.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
AFAR Media,
26 Feb. 2025
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The story of this estate began when the original owners transported two period buildings from Melbourne to a sleepy farm town along the Murray River.—
Natalie Hoberman,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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Read, 44, is accused of hitting her boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowstorm in 2022.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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The future of the ceasefire remains unclear When the first phase of the ceasefire ends on March 2, there will still be 59 hostages remaining in Gaza, nearly half of them confirmed dead.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Comatose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comatose. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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