fatigue
IPA: fʌtˈig
noun
- A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
- (often in the plural) A menial task or tasks, especially in the military.
- (engineering) Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material.
verb
- (transitive) To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.
- (transitive, cooking) To wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it.
- (intransitive) To lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted.
- (intransitive, engineering, of a material specimen) To undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.
- (transitive, engineering) To cause to undergo the process of fatigue.
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Examples of "fatigue" in Sentences
- The man gets fatigue easily.
- He had a cold and felt fatigued.
- Maybe he was fatigued from the tour.
- Fatigue may affect to impaired concentration.
- Lethargy is not necessarily a subset of fatigue.
- The patient feels weak, tremulous, extreme fatigue.
- The patient feels weak, tremulous, and extreme fatigue.
- The cause of the crash was determined to be pilot fatigue.
- As for why he is in the wheelchair in the ending, he's fatigue.
- Thanks for the contributions over on the chronic fatigue syndrome article.
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