unrefreshing
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Then a patient must satisfy three criteria, which are subjectively reported: incapacitating fatigue lasting more than six months; worsening symptoms after physical or mental exertion; and unrefreshing sleep.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2021
ME/CFS, as it is often abbreviated, is defined by the presence of certain symptoms, including debilitating fatigue and unrefreshing sleep, that last for six months or longer.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2021
The new diagnostic criteria include six months of profound, unexplained fatigue and post-exertional malaise, as well as a third key symptom: unrefreshing sleep.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2015
The grogginess that results from an unrefreshing siesta is termed “sleep inertia”.
From Economist ● Feb. 25, 2010
Cant, however, has prevailed; and the English Sunday—to the delight of these fanatics, and the absolute terror of their children—remains the most unrefreshing and most doleful of the seven days of the week.
From English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. by Graham Everitt
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