comatose

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co·ma·tose | \ ˈkō-mə-ˌtōs

, ˈkä-

Definition of comatose

1 : of, resembling, or affected with coma The patient lay comatose, sustained by respirators.

2 : characterized by lethargic inertness : torpid a comatose economy Broadway was theatrically comatose that summer.

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Examples of comatose in a Sentence

She lay in a comatose state. the city's downtown has been comatose for years

Recent Examples on the Web An elite runner is used to handling pain, and being semi-comatose all day seemed much worse. — Roger Robinson, Outside Online, 29 May 2020 The upshot was supposed to be thousands of mini-stimuli injected into a near-comatose consumer economy, raising prices and encouraging businesses to reopen. — James C. Cobb, Time, 27 Apr. 2020 The proximate cause of these firms’ miseries is familiar to anyone who’s not been comatose for the past two months: the coronavirus pandemic and its concomitant impact on the economy. — Robin Kaiser-schatzlein, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2020 One day—hopefully soon—the city that never sleeps will turn to the task of waking up its comatose economy. — Kate King, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2020 In the second season, Bonnie got a real story line — which required her to sit by her comatose mother in a hospital room few of the other characters ever visited. — Alex Pappademas, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020 When Burna Boy arrives three hours late to an east London studio on a balmy July evening, he is laid-back to the point of comatose -- and monosyllabic. — Nick Duerden, Billboard, 19 July 2019 Traveling through the door takes you inside the mind of the person, while their semi-comatose body remains behind. — Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 7 Feb. 2020 Any Republican senator that hasn't been conflicted over this presidency is either comatose or is pretty useless. — Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018

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