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- 1. suffering from a lack of sleep: "late nights and early start times are leading to classrooms full of sleep-deprived students"
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Condition of not having enough sleep
Sleep deprivation, also known as sleep insufficiency or sleeplessness, is the condition of not having adequate duration and/or quality of sleep to support decent alertness, performance, and health. It can be either chronic or acute and may vary widely in severity. All known animals sleep or exhibit some form of sleep behavior, and the importance of sleep is self-evident for humans, as nearly a thi... Wikipedia