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sleepy

Definition for sleepy

adjective as in tired, dull

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We visited the tiny Bulgarian mountain village of Shtit, a sleepy place with dirt roads and rusting farm machinery - a place that doesn’t seem to hold much geopolitical significance, but that’s right at the border, which is marked by a 4m high fence and razor wire.

From BBC

When news a rare American songbird had been spotted in a sleepy West Yorkshire cul-de-sac eager ornithologists converged on the quiet street faster than a falcon in free fall.

From BBC

Last month, Bradley was sent home from school after complaining about feeling sleepy.

From BBC

After an expensive and acrimonious primary battle among Democrats, the general election race for the seat was sleepy, bordering on dull.

"The attorney general - usually a sleepy backwater of an office - was now home to a rising star."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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