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fatigue noun
Meaning : Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work.
Example :
He was hospitalized for extreme fatigue.
Growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills.
Weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep.
Synonyms : tiredness, weariness
Meaning : Used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress.
Example :
Metal fatigue.
Meaning : (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something.
Example :
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.
Meaning : Labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on).
Example :
The soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson.
They were assigned to kitchen fatigues.
Synonyms : fatigue duty
