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a
: labor
b
: manual or menial work (such as the cleaning up of a camp area) performed by military personnel
c
fatigues plural
: the uniform or work clothing worn on fatigue and in the field
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b
: the temporary loss of power to respond that is induced in a sensory receptor (see receptor sense a) or motor (see motor entry 2 sense 1) end organ by continued stimulation
c
: a state or attitude of indifference or apathy brought on by overexposure (as to a repeated series of similar events or appeals)
… a super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton launched within days of Barack Obama's 2013 inauguration. Voter fatigue is just one drawback to the long campaigns, though.—
Martin Wisckol
Most of the Romney voters they visited were fairly chipper, but there is an air of election fatigue in a state where most television commercial breaks are dominated by attack ads and the phone rings off the hook with campaign calls.—
Daniel Malloy and Katie Leslie
Waning media coverage of a humanitarian crisis is usually a precursor to "donor fatigue," in which assistance from other nations fades.—
Christian Science Monitor
see also compassion fatigue
fatigued; fatiguing
: to suffer fatigue
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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