Also means
hampered
Usage Note
Entorpecido comes from the verb entorpecer (to hinder, to dull) and can describe both physical impediment — a movement that has been slowed — and mental dulling, as in faculties impaired by tiredness or alcohol. It agrees in gender and number: entorpecida, entorpecidos. In bureaucratic contexts it often modifies processes: el trámite estaba entorpecido por la burocracia.
Examples
"Tenía los reflejos entorpecidos por el cansancio."
Natural Translation
His reflexes were dulled by tiredness.

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