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Noun: sleeplessness  sleep-lus-nus
  1. A temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep
    "accept your sleeplessness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come"
    - wakefulness

Derived forms: sleeplessnesses

See also: sleepless

Type of: temporary state

Encyclopedia: Sleeplessness