undersleeping
Chronically cutting sleep
Undersleeping is getting less sleep than the body needs.
The word usually describes a pattern rather than a single night: Years of undersleeping finally caught up with her.
It's the opposite of oversleeping, though undersleeping is far more common in modern life.
Deficient supply of necessities
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- deficiencyLack of something needed
- lackDeficiency or absence
- inadequacyState of being insufficient
shortfall · undersupply · deficit · skimping · abbreviated · truncated · curtailed · reduced
State of needing rest
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- drowsinessState of near-sleep
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- wearinessState of being drained
sluggishness · grogginess · drained · sapped · listlessness · languor · somnolence · burnout
Proneness to agitation
- immunosuppressionReduced bodily defense activation
- cortisolAdrenal steroid regulating stress
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
State of being conscious
- tossingLight underhand throw
- turningAct of rotating
- restlessnessState of unease
- hyperarousalExcessive physiological alertness
overthinking · anxiety · bedtime · nighttime · awake · slumberless · insomniac · wide-awake
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- deficiencyLack of something needed
- lackDeficiency or absence
inadequacy · shortfall · undersupply · deficit · skimping · abbreviated · truncated · curtailed · reduced · minimal
tiredness
State of needing rest
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- drowsinessState of near-sleep
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
weariness · sluggishness · grogginess · drained · sapped · listlessness · languor · somnolence · burnout · malaise
irritability
Proneness to agitation
- immunosuppressionReduced bodily defense activation
- cortisolAdrenal steroid regulating stress
- inflammationProtective tissue response
metabolism · concentration · microsleep · recovery · burnout
wakefulness
State of being conscious
- tossingLight underhand throw
- turningAct of rotating
- restlessnessState of unease
hyperarousal · overthinking · anxiety · bedtime · nighttime · awake · slumberless · insomniac · wide-awake · midnight
- sleep disruptionsinsomnia, jet lag, narcolepsy, hypersomnia, night shifts
- mopingbrooding, sulking, wallowing, pouting, sighing
undersleepingoversleeping
Slumbering past intended time
hypersomnia · well-rested · sleeping in · overslept · sleeping late
sleep, sleepy, sleeping, slept, sleeper, sleepiness, sleepless, sleeplessness, overslept