as in unconscious
only somewhat awake and able to understand what is happening around you
The victim was semiconscious and could barely talk.
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Recent Examples of semiconscious
The girl was breathing and semiconscious when taken to a hospital, police said.
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Martin Weil, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
With Buddy’s long-suffering wife Elaine (the indispensable Randy Graff) loyally waiting at home, Buddy trundles off to perform bottom-draw bookings at places such as the Walter P. Saperstein Retirement Center, where his audience, apparently, is only semiconscious.
—Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
This was the year a mountain spontaneously materialized in rural Kansas, one kilometer high, composed entirely of semiconscious adult men.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 May 2022
Enlarge Westend61 Sleep is a semiconscious state, but there are neurons firing in the brain even when all seems quiet.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 9 May 2023
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Martin Weil, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
With Buddy’s long-suffering wife Elaine (the indispensable Randy Graff) loyally waiting at home, Buddy trundles off to perform bottom-draw bookings at places such as the Walter P. Saperstein Retirement Center, where his audience, apparently, is only semiconscious.
—Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
This was the year a mountain spontaneously materialized in rural Kansas, one kilometer high, composed entirely of semiconscious adult men.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 May 2022
Enlarge Westend61 Sleep is a semiconscious state, but there are neurons firing in the brain even when all seems quiet.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 9 May 2023
See all Example Sentences for semiconscious
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“Semiconscious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semiconscious. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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