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adj. - Causing debilitation.

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Usage examples (36)
  • It soon becomes enervating, which is why politics rarely engage serious people's attentioo these days and are a falling market in media coverage.
  • A vain enervating and languid course
  • Yes, I'm critical, but I'm also firmly in this show's grip and don't deny it. 24 is a classic example of why "enervating" rhymes with "entertaining."
  • "I've been thinking, ies kind of enervating to live where ies warm-to-hot all the time -- and I think we've
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