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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

Sleep visited my pillow, but it was of that unrefreshing character which follows disease.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor