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nonrestorative

nonrestorative

7.8
Not making you feel rested or giving you energy
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒnˈrɛstəˌreɪtɪv/
translation icon : no restaurador
  • Insomnia, the most common adult sleep disorder, is a problem of insufficient or nonrestorative sleep even when there is adequate opportunity to sleep.

Examples

  • She realized her constant tiredness was a result of nonrestorative sleep, despite lying in bed for eight hours each night.

  • Nonreparative, nonrestorative debridement and lavage

    Academic text (2005)

  • Many people suffer from fatigue due to nonrestorative sleep, which leaves them feeling tired even after a full night of rest.

  • The doctor explained that nonrestorative sleep can be just as harmful as not getting enough sleep at all.

Synonyms

nontherapeutic
vsnonrestorative
  • Specialized
7.7

Not able to help treat a disease or injury

is about failing to bring back health, energy, or a sense of well being
nonactive
vsnonrestorative
  • Specialized
6.7

Does not cause any effect in the body, for example in medicines

is about lacking power to bring back health, energy, or well being
nonmedicinal
vsnonrestorative
5.8

Not used to treat illness, often taken for taste or relaxation

focuses on lacking ability to bring back health and general well being
unmedicative
vsnonrestorative
9.9

Does not treat illness or improve health

applies to things that do not bring back health, energy, or well being
nonremedial
vsnonrestorative
8.1

Does not aim to help students catch up

refers to failing to bring back health, energy, or a sense of well being

Antonyms

restorative
1 6.3

A medicine or treatment that helps a person get healthy again

revitalizing
  • US
4.3

Something that makes a person or thing feel stronger and more energetic

How Restorative

revitalizing
  • US
4.3
restorative
14 5.4
ineffective
90 3.4
nonrestorative
7.8

Surface Forms

nonrestorative positive

Morphology

nonrestorative = restorative (transparent) = non + restor + ative

The negative prefix 'non-' directly negates the adjective 'restorative', producing an obvious meaning 'not restorative'.

Etymology

Nonrestorative starts with non- meaning 'not' and joins restorative, which comes from restore meaning 'bring back' or 'make well again'. So nonrestorative describes something, like sleep or a treatment, that does not 'restore' your health or energy.