supineness
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9.9
- noun
- /suːˈpaɪnəs/
- The team's supineness during the crucial match led to their defeat, as they failed to put in any effort.
Examples
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Living in a state of supineness, she spent most of her weekends lounging around instead of being active.
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I will now display my supineness before an idea whose time has come by saying some things in praise of it.
Academic text (1998) -
She left, though leaving was like tearing herself out of her own supineness.
Fiction book (2001) -
But as it is necessary not to invite robbery by supineness, so it is our duty not to suppress tenderness by suspicion; it is better
Blog text (13) -
Adam's wife Abigail constantly advised him in Shakespearean proverbs, as she did in a letter dated March 7, 1776, in which she uses Julius Caesar to urge her husband to break with the United Kingdom: "I cannot bear to think of your continuing in a state of supineness this winter."
Academic text (2014) -
After a long day at work, he enjoyed a moment of supineness on the couch, feeling too tired to move.
Synonyms
10
3.5
A period of time with no movement or action
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6.1
A person who is on their back with their face up
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6.0
A time when a person or thing is completely still
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4.0
Lying on the back on the ground because someone is tired, hurt, or sick
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8.7
A position of lying down to rest or recover
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8.2
Spending most of the day sitting and moving very little
A period of not doing anything or moving
Antonyms
How Passive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Supineness comes from the Latin supinus, meaning 'lying on the back', and it is the same root as the English word supine. So, supineness can mean being physically 'on your back' or being passive and 'not taking action', as if someone lies back instead of doing anything.