unsleeping
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7.8
- adjective
- /ʌnˈsliːpɪŋ/
:
despierto
- Our desire to keep the company of others by saving them (at the cost of the truth), or to restore our culture by saving it (at the cost of the truth), is just a few of the ways in which the unsleeping powers, far stronger and cleverer than we, attempt to divert us from working out our own salvation.
Examples
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Meanwhile, anytime I mentioned being absolutely exhausted by my very hungry, very unsleeping baby, I got told it was my fault I was exhausted because I shouldn't give in to him.
Blog text (9) -
Shrieks of the oppressed reach an unsleeping presence.
Fiction book (1991) -
After he calls and asks me to drive you to the hospital, he leaves the apartment and the unsleeping eyes.
Fiction book (1994) -
I say to my unsleeping, undreaming friend, "You're pretending."
Fiction book (2000) -
This serves to emphasize that we cannot save ourselves, and the forces of darkness (immortal, unsleeping, legion) are much, much stronger than us.
Blog text (29) -
Strictly according to my orders, you obediently rode your hands and the nubs of your pens over the surface of the page in order to not enter, not swim in where your unsleeping secrets and first and final doubts might appear unhidden.
Fiction book (2000) -
The guard stood watch with his unsleeping vigilance, ensuring that no one could enter the premises undetected.
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Parents often feel the burden of unsleeping concern for their children’s safety during the night.
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During the storm, her unsleeping attention to the weather alerts kept her family informed and safe.
Synonyms
24
2.0
Aware of what is happening and ready to respond
1
7.5
Unable to sleep at night
1
7.8
Always watching and ready to notice danger
1
7.5
Being awake at night and not able to sleep
1
4.6
Not asleep or sleeping deeply and easily disturbed by sounds
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2.5
Not feeling sleepy and able to think clearly
1
7.4
You feel very tired after staying awake all night
Antonyms
How Awake
Surface Forms
Morphology
unsleeping = sleeping (transparent) = un + sleep + ing
The adjective is formed by negating 'sleeping' with the productive prefix 'un-', so the meaning is directly inferable.
Etymology
Unsleeping breaks into un- meaning 'not' and sleep meaning 'to rest', like in unhappy. So an unsleeping person or place is 'not sleeping', always awake and watchful, like a guardian who never closes their eyes.