lack of sleep

English

Noun

lack of sleep (uncountable)

1. The condition of not having slept enough at any given time without any specification of cause. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Translations

not having slept enough

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 睡眠不足 (zh) (shuìmián bùzú)

• Dutch: slaaptekort (nl) n, slaapgebrek (nl) n
• Finnish: unenpuute, univaje
• French: manque de sommeil m
• German: Schlafmangel (de) m
• Hungarian: alváshiány, kialvatlanság (hu)
• Japanese: 寝不足 (ja) (nebusoku), 睡眠不足 (suiminbusoku)
• Middle English: defaute of slepe, lak of slepe
• Norwegian Bokmål: søvnmangel m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: søvnmangel m
• Polish: brak snu m
• Romanian: lipsa somnului f (definite)
• Russian: недосы́п (ru) m (nedosýp)
• Swedish: sömnbrist (sv) c

See also

• sleeplessness (typically meaning sleep was repeatedly in lack, compare slumberlessness avoiding this implication)
• insomnia (typically as an ailment)
• sleep deprivation (when induced from outside)