compassion fatiguenoun [ U ]
uk/kəmˈpæʃ.ən fəˌtiːɡ/us/kəmˈpæʃ.ən fəˌtiːɡ/the situation in which people stop thinking or worrying about a problem that is affecting a lot of people and stop giving money to them because the problem has continued for too long
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unwilling and reluctant
- arsed
- balk
- baulk
- be blowed if... idiom
- be in no mood for sth/to do sth idiom
- begrudge
- disinclination
- disinclined
- disobliging
- drag your heels/feet idiom
- fag
- grudge
- jib
- not have the stomach for sth idiom
- rather you than me idiom
- reluctance
- reluctant
- shagged
- sticky
- stomach
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