stuporous
adjective
stu·por·ous
ˈstü-p(ə-)rəs 
ˈstyü-
: marked or affected by or as if by stupor
had been taken, gray and stuporous, to the hospital—
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Stuporous summer audiences will typically show up in waves for any feature with a big enough marketing campaign.
—Fortune, 11 Aug. 2017
Fortune, 11 Aug. 2017
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1712, in the meaning defined above
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stuporous
adjective
stu·por·ous
ˈst(y)ü-p(ə-)rəs
: marked or affected by stupor
was found in her home in a stuporous and unresponsive state—Irving Robinson et al.
Irving Robinson et al.a stuporous patient
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