unrestorativeadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈstɒrətɪv/, /(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈstɔːrətɪv/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈstɔrədɪv/ Not restorative.
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1842 Phrenol. Jrnl. 15 81 Stimulants..which preclude sleep or render it unrestorative.
1909 E. Bisland & A. Hoyt Seekers in Sicily iii. 131 Despite Ætna's fires..and thousands of years of careless unrestorative use of the soil, corn still grows on this plain.
1971 Spectator 10 July 54/1 I..was sprawled in the armchair with that typical Sunday feeling of surfeit and unrestorative leisure.
2013 Jrnl. Psychosomatic Res. 75 539/1 Even when sleep duration was normal, it was unrestorative.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1842- put the nips into
- put the nut in
- put the nut on
- put the pedal to the metal
- put the phone down
- put the plough before the oxen
- put the pot on
- put the pot on a person
- put the quietus to
- put the record straight
- put the screw on
- put the screws on
- put the shits up
- put the shits up a person
- put the shoe on the right foot
- put the shot
- put the show on the road
- put the skids under
- put the sleeve on
- put the spurs to
- put the squeeze on
- put the tin hat on
- put the tin hat on something
- put the toothpaste back in the tube
- put the touch on