Hypoactive

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Less than normally active.

    "Men have the naturally higher sex drive, yet all the laws, customs, punishments, shame, strictures, mystiques, and anti-mystiques are aimed at that tepid, sleepy, hypoactive creature the female libido."

Adjective
  1. 1
    abnormally inactive wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
underactiveunderactiveunderactive

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"Men have the naturally higher sex drive, yet all the laws, customs, punishments, shame, strictures, mystiques, and anti-mystiques are aimed at that tepid, sleepy, hypoactive creature the female libido."

Etymology

From hypo- + active.

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