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
Max Mayfield Currently comatose in the hospital.
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025
My father played his scales, and Tony remained comatose.
—Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Halloween 4 takes place a decade after the events of Halloween II, with Michael having been comatose for the past 10 years.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Love that comatose Wednesday has her hands folded across her chest, corpse-style.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025
My father played his scales, and Tony remained comatose.
—Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Halloween 4 takes place a decade after the events of Halloween II, with Michael having been comatose for the past 10 years.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Love that comatose Wednesday has her hands folded across her chest, corpse-style.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comatose
Adjective
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Traditional humanoid robots depend heavily on data collected by human operators, which is slow and expensive.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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Her days were slow and intentional.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The sleepy cues are managed by your circadian rhythm, or your body's internal clock.—
Andee Tagle,
NPR,
15 Jan. 2026
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The cases remained unsolved for decades as the sleepy Long Island community reeled over the possibility of a serial killer lurking in their midst.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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George Rose / Getty Images The boy was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Shanahan reaches deep into the playbook The 49ers seemed dead in the water after losing George Kittle to an Achilles injury in the first half.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Comatose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comatose. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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