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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
undersleep .
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Examples
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Or it may be that the nightmares have continued, so I'm going into the con underslept and a little ragged around the edges.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway mrissa 2009
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While this may look like a good idea, it turns out that you do not acquire superpowers when underslept.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway mrissa 2009
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My wife and I were both seriously underslept, and the children were seriously overstimulated.
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This culture encourages people to press on regardless of the health consequences, and this goes for being underslept as well as being sick.
Avoiding the swine flu | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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Many years ago, my preference was to not feel underslept at work every day, so I deleted Civ from my hard drive.
Self-Control and Civilization, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The wife is the one at home all day with the endearing but energy-sucking little one, while the male poet, admittedly underslept (he helps out as much as he can), still has an office to go to and hours sacrosanct for his work.
Numbers Trouble : A.E. Stallings : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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Morgana and Brian arrived and we all poured our underslept bodies into the car and headed east into the desert.
Birthday, Part III Dayle A. Dermatis 2009
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As overworked and underslept adults I think we can forget that our kids could be suffering from problems with sleep, too.
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I'm chronically underslept because of Rob's snoring as well as because of the children, so he's now in the spare room.
To do ailbhe 2008
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I know my brain is kind of mushy from being overworked, underslept and chronically stressed out and immersed in either random research journals or "Woof" books, but isn't there a point where the Federal government steps in and legislates protections and rights?
Riddle Me This Zombie Mom 2008
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