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- noun The state of being
overtired ;exhaustion .
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Examples
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The cause could be an early waking, a missed nap, or a late bedtime; increased daytime activity and inappropriate schedules can lead to overtiredness, too.
Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006
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The cause could be an early waking, a missed nap, or a late bedtime; increased daytime activity and inappropriate schedules can lead to overtiredness, too.
Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006
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In a nutshell, Weissbluth, the author, often attributes sleep disruption to overtiredness.
deep shepherdation 2005
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The inability to relax, overtiredness, malnutrition, or illness also can interfere, as will fears of pregnancy or disease.
CREATE YOUR OWN FUTURE Jennifer Ann Daddio 2003
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The inability to relax, overtiredness, malnutrition, or illness also can interfere, as will fears of pregnancy or disease.
CREATE YOUR OWN FUTURE Jennifer Ann Daddio 2003
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He had lost the urge to sleep, was in the state of overtiredness that seems to make a person more alert and mentally agile.
Dangerous Lady Cole, Martina 1992
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Sometimes she goes on living in a dogged state of overtiredness until there comes a "last straw" which brings on some organic disease, and still another "straw" which kills her altogether.
Nerves and Common Sense Annie Payson Call 1896
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"In those studies, overtiredness and having trouble sleeping predicted onset of alcohol, cigarette, and illicit drug use among boys and onset of alcohol use only among girls," she said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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"In those studies, overtiredness and having trouble sleeping predicted onset of alcohol, cigarette, and illicit drug use among boys and onset of alcohol use only among girls," she said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Thinking only that it was a case of overtiredness from not feeling well recently, she continued on to the office, where a fellow volunteer, startled by her appearance, asked her what was the matter.
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