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enervating

/ ˈɛnəˌveɪtɪŋ /

adjective

  1. tending to deprive of strength or vitality; physically or mentally weakening; debilitating


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Come 6:30, the long, enervating adventure was gaveled close, at last setting everyone free.

But the slog to November 6th has been dispiriting and enervating enough to put many of us in touch with our inner 4-year-old.

In fact, virtually all Japanese are afflicted by this bizarre and highly enervating condition.

The regular tolling of the gong, calling to toil or meals, accentuates the enervating routine.

“A useful phrase at times, of the nature of a tonic, amidst our enervating civilisation,” she reflected.

They were not then living in the enervating air of London, and they looked extremely robust.

Drive, drive, drive,—in a fading community dozing in the enervating aroma of decaying days: no wonder he succeeded so well!

From the first, it was a protest against materialism, luxury, and enervating pleasures.

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