sleep deprivation
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- noun
- /sliːp ˌdɛprɪˈveɪʃən/
- Offensive
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privación del sueño
- Anyway, all this night nursing made life very, very hard with all the sleep deprivation.
- suffer from sleep deprivation
- chronic sleep deprivation
- can cause sleep deprivation
You are you're subjected to sleep deprivation, which really screws your mind up.
- You are you're subjected to sleep deprivation, which really screws your mind up.
- Yeah, But it also like the fact that you say, like sleep deprivation is also a cult control tactic.
- And like I say, it's not a pleasant experience to go through, but it's the sleep deprivation that's the key prior to getting on the water board.
Examples
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The harsh conditions of the prison led to severe sleep deprivation among the inmates.
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Many military personnel experience sleep deprivation during training exercises that last for days.
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But in most cases, sleep deprivation is short term.
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Some of the other accusations were that you use sleep deprivation as a way to control people.
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And we know that sleep deprivation can increase your risk of all 'cause mortality.
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But prolonged sleep deprivation will kill you if you are a rat at least.
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In addition to the problems above, research shows that sleep deprivation can lead to diabetes, liver disease, and weight gain.
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Your confusion was no doubt due to sleep deprivation and infection, but I agree it is time to reach out.
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I have read several articles recently about the often debilitating effects that sleep deprivation has on people.
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There's one thing that we know for sure is that sleep deprivation is not good for epileps.
Synonyms
A state of not having enough sleep that makes you very tired
Antonyms
How Tired
- Offensive
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'sleep' + 'deprivation' yields 'deprivation of sleep' or simply a lack of sleep, which a B1 learner who knows both words can infer. While the phrase can be used in specific contexts (e.g. as a form of torture), that is a contextual extension rather than an idiomatic shift, so the core meaning remains transparent.
Etymology
Sleep deprivation literally means being kept from sleep; deprivation is having something taken away. It was used when people were kept awake on purpose to make them talk, so the phrase now means 'deliberately preventing someone from sleeping' as a form of torture or abuse.