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unrefreshed

unrefreshed

1 6.8
Not feeling rested or full of energy after sleep
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌn.rɪˈfrɛʃt/
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  • He noticed he was unrefreshed after several nights of poor sleep.
  • wake feeling unrefreshed
  • feel unrefreshed

Examples

  • Waking unrefreshed, with poor daytime concentration and excessive daytime somnolence; apnoeas are terminated by a choking sensation leading to brain arousal and reawakening of the respiratory drive.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Despite sleeping for eight hours, she felt unrefreshed in the morning.

  • There's some technical stuff about how long the unrefreshed cache shows up after the last hit on a screen.

    Blog text (30)
  • A drugged sleep from which he would emerge only to be dragged down again, so that feeling himself pulled hither and thither by sleep and wakefulness, he rose quite unrefreshed.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • She had arrived late for their date in a café on Ben-Yehuda Street, unrefreshed, after an exhaustingly long shift in the hospital.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Most people are familiar with some of the symptoms of sleep apnea: daytime fatigue or tiredness, morning headaches, restlessness during the night, and just an overall sense of waking up feeling unrefreshed.

    Blog text (23)
  • After staying up late to study, I woke up feeling unrefreshed and tired.

Synonyms

tired
vsunrefreshed
1.0

Needing rest or sleep because you have little energy

is about not regaining energy after sleep rather than general tiredness
fatigued
vsunrefreshed
13 4.1

Feeling very tired and having no energy

is milder, referring to not regaining energy after a sleep or short rest
overtired
vsunrefreshed
2 3.4

Too sleepy to relax or fall asleep

is about not feeling recovered after normal sleep or a short break
unrested
vsunrefreshed
1 4.8

Not having had enough sleep or time to relax

is about not feeling recovered after sleep or a short break
unrejuvenated
vsunrefreshed
8.6

Not feeling rested or refreshed after sleep

is focused on failing to regain energy specifically after sleep or break
short on energy
vsunrefreshed
3.5

Feeling tired and weak

is specifically about failing to feel recovered after sleep or break
worn-out
vsunrefreshed
2.4

A person who is very tired and needs rest after hard work

is about short-term failure to regain energy after sleep rather than long wear
tuckered
vsunrefreshed
  • Informal
7.4

Very tired after a lot of activity or a long day

is broader, meaning failure to regain energy after sleep or rest

Antonyms

1 1.5

Feeling rested and full of new energy after a break

How Refreshed

refreshed
1 1.5
rested
1.0
unrefreshed
1 6.8
exhausted
104 2.0

Surface Forms

unrefreshed positive

Morphology

unrefreshed = refreshed (transparent) = un + refresh + ed

The adjective 'refreshed' is a standard past-participial adjective from 'refresh' + '-ed' and retains the expected meaning of being restored in energy.

Etymology

Unrefreshed begins with un- meaning 'not' and the rest is refresh, which means 'make fresh again'. So unrefreshed means 'not made fresh', or simply still tired and not restored after sleep or a break.