unrefreshingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈfrɛʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈfrɛʃɪŋ/ Not restoring, renewing, or refreshing.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [adjective] > not
unrefreshing1660
unrecreating1806
unrefreshful1819
1660 A. Woodhead tr. St. Augustine Life vi. ii. 87 The same small cup served her for them all; which not only much watery, but also by carriage very hot and unrefreshing.
a1754 W. Hamilton Poems Several Occasions (1760) 29 Nor o'er the Miser's eye-lids pour The unrefreshing golden show'r.
1794 W. Godwin Things as they Are III. i. 7 Here I fell into an interrupted and unrefreshing doze, the consequence of a laborious night and a tedious, melancholy day.
1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xiv. 212 His slumbers were broken and unrefreshing . View more context for this quotation
1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. v. 115 He fell into a troubled and unrefreshing sleep.
1907 R. Muther Hist. Mod. Painting (rev. ed.) I. xiii. 311 What an unrefreshing chaos of blue, red, saffron, and citron-yellow is that ‘Sea-fight at Lepanto’!
1955 Billboard 10 Sept. 61/5 Many pools had their finest season altho an anxious public often found the water tepid and unrefreshing.
2007 L. E. Krahn in J. F. Pagel & S. R. Pandi-Perumal Primary Care Sleep Med. xxii. 237 Depressed patients often seek out medical care because of unsatisfactory or unrefreshing sleep.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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