sleep-deprived

[ sleep-di-prahyvd ]

adjective

1. affected by fatigue, weakness, impaired judgment, loss of mental alertness, etc., due to lack of sleep:

   I wasn’t going to wait in line overnight and then be in a store with 700 other sleep-deprived shoppers, any of whom could mentally snap and strangle me at any moment.

   If you know you’re going to have a sleep-deprived EEG, plan to have someone drive you to and from the test.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sleep-deprived¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

“We’re very sleep-deprived, because he spends a lot of the night crying,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

He describes preparations for the Paris Paralympics as “terrible”, with athletes sleep-deprived from air-raid sirens sounding through the night.

From BBC

Perez, who was distressed, visibly sleep-deprived and later testified that he had been denied medication for depression and other mental disorders, sobbed during the interview.

From Los Angeles Times

Even with a remarkably supportive husband, being a working mom with an infant and a regressing 4-year-old is tough — ”I feel like I have it all and nothing,” she says, which pretty much sums up those early sleep-deprived years.

From Los Angeles Times

To complicate things even further, allergic reactions can occur at lower levels of trigger-food exposure, and be more severe if the person is simultaneously taking non-steroidal inflammatory medications like aspirin, drinking alcohol or is sleep-deprived.

From Salon