fatigue
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- n temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue
growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills - n used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress
metal fatigue - n (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something
he was suffering from museum fatigue
after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue
the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue
political fatigue - n labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)
the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson
they were assigned to kitchen fatigues - v lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
- v exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- What the researchers believe explains the improvement is fatigue or more precisely, what the fatigue represents.
- These are very clearly the result of a reduction in staffing, a decline in experience, and an increase in the use of employee overtime, which leads to increased fatigue.
- Some years ago a German physician reported that workers in the mines could be relieved from fatigue by small doses of sodium phosphate.