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unslept

unslept

1 7.4
You feel very tired after staying awake all night
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈslɛpt/
translation icon : desvelado
  • We chose one of the silent, unslept-in upstairs bedrooms and decided it was Kroetsch's because he wasn't there.
  • an unslept bed

And the fact that alcohol was causing my heart to respond the same as a awfully stressful unslept day or COVID, I thought fuck fuck that.

Examples

  • I finished the final chapter one hour before delivery was due, unshaved, unshowered, practically unslept, and in underclass street clothes.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The lights are on and the bed is unslept in.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • As yet unslept in.

  • She looks unslept.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • On the cheap, unslept-in bed is a duffle bag; in it, we see the security guard uniform and the F.A.A. inspector's badge.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The unfertilized sperm, the unborn children, the unwritten books, the unrequited loves, the unslept-in beds?

  • After a long night of studying, she felt tired and looked unslept as she entered the classroom.

  • He realized he was unslept after staying up all night working on his project.

  • The baby was finally asleep, but the parents looked unslept from the previous night's struggles.

Synonyms

tired
vsunslept
1.0

Needing rest or sleep because you have little energy

is about missing rest from an all night period rather than general fatigue
sleepy
vsunslept
142 1.0

Feeling very tired and wanting to close your eyes

describes lack of rest after a full night awake rather than immediate sleepiness
sleepless
vsunslept
38 3.1

Not able to sleep during the night

focuses on lacking rest specifically after being awake all night
drowsy
vsunslept
22 2.7

Feeling sleepy and not fully awake, often because you are tired or bored

relates to staying awake all night and lacking rest rather than mild sleepiness
wakeful
vsunslept
1 4.6

Not asleep or sleeping deeply and easily disturbed by sounds

describes missing sleep after staying awake the whole night
unrested
vsunslept
1 4.8

Not having had enough sleep or time to relax

emphasizes missing rest due to being awake the whole night

Antonyms

73 1.0

Become not awake

1.0

Not tired after sleeping or taking a break

How Sleep-Deprived

sleepless
38 3.1
unslept
1 7.4
tired
1.0
sleepy
142 1.0
rested
1.0

Surface Forms

unslept positive

Morphology

unslept = sleep (transparent) = un + sleep

The meaning is directly derived from 'un-' (not) + 'sleep' (i.e., not having slept); although the form is based on the past participle ('slept'), learners can infer the meaning from 'sleep'.

Etymology

Unslept is made from the negative un- and slept, so it literally means 'not slept'. That is why we call someone unslept when they have been awake all night and look very tired.