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unsleeping

 [slee-ping]  

sleep·ing

   [slee-ping]
noun
1.
the condition of being asleep.
adjective
2.
asleep.
3.
of, pertaining to, or having accommodations for sleeping: a sleeping compartment.
4.
used to sleep in or on: a sleeping jacket.
5.
used to induce or aid sleep or while asleep: sleeping mask.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see sleep, -ing1, -ing2

Related forms
un·sleep·ing, adjective
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unsleeping

adjective
fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night" 
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