"torpid" in the adjective sense
1. inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid
slow and apathetic
"she was fat and inert"
"a sluggish worker"
"a mind grown torpid in old age"
2. dormant, hibernating, torpid
in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
"dormant buds"
"a hibernating bear"
"torpid frogs"
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