Fatigue
WordNet
noun
(1) 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"
(2) (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"
(3) 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"
"Weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep"
(4) Used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress
"Metal fatigue"
verb
(5) Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
"We wore ourselves out on this hike"
(6) Get tired of something or somebody
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Etymology
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Noun
- A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
- A menial task, especially in the military.
- A type of material failure due to cumulative effects of cyclic loading.
- 2002, Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, page 46
- The SPS design will remove the sources of stress concentrations and will reduce the effects of initiations of cracks and fatigues
- 2002, Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, page 46
Verb
- to tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion
- to lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted