numbness

noun

Definition of numbnessnext
as in apathy
a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness the prisoner exhibited the numbness of someone who had spent more years behind bars than he could remember

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  1. apathy
  2. phlegm
  3. detachment
Noun
  • Common symptoms include difficulty focusing, lack of energy, irritability, and a general sense of apathy toward your work.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Compounded with inconsistent datasets almost always full of excessive standard deviations and utter apathy toward innovation, a viable environmental policy simply cannot survive (let alone thrive) in such conditions.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of apathy
Noun
  • Cannabis may act as an expectorant, helping to clear phlegm from the lungs and throat.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Diagnosis, treatment and prevention Diagnosis of Legionnaires’ disease is made via chest X-ray, urine test and lab analysis of a phlegm sample.
    Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2024
Definition of phlegm
Noun
  • The World Health Organization defines burnout as a state of chronic stress that leads to physical and emotional exhaustion, detachment, and feelings of ineffectiveness.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Woman from 1925, also known as Woman in Three Stages, shows desire, detachment and death on the same canvas while a man throbs with pain off to the side.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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