torpid

Everyday

Torpid means sluggish and inactive, as if asleep or too lazy and slow to move. tree →

In the lessons

in stories, the torpid land is still and lifeless, with nothing moving, as if the world is asleep

Examples

• After the big lunch, the dog lay torpid by the fire. tree →
• The flowers were torpid in the heat. tree →
• The people seemed torpid and slow. tree →
• The snake was torpid in the cold morning. tree →

Note

nothing for maths; it describes how lively something is and gives no amount.