unrecreatingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛkrɪeɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɛkrieɪdɪŋ/ That provides no pleasure or relief from fatigue; that takes no rest. Somewhat rare.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [adjective] > not
unrefreshing1660
unrecreating1806
unrefreshful1819
1806 J. Gordon Eight Lett. on Earl of Selkirk's Pamphlet (ed. 2) ii. viii. 112 We are not forced to look upon the unrecreating prospect of poverty, sterility and desolation.
a1861 T. Winthrop Life in Open Air (1863) xii. 90 A feeble, restless, unrecreating slumber.
1901 New-Eng. Mag. July 472/1 A tremor in the monotonous voice, so characteristic of the overworked, unrecreating countryside.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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adj.1806- counter-lusting
- counter-machination
- counter-magic
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- converters
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