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strainful

adj

Etymology

From strain + -ful.

  1. inherited from strȳnd
  2. derived from *strew-✻
  3. inherited from *streuną✻
  4. inherited from strēon
  5. inherited from streen
  6. suffixed as strainful — “strain + ful”

Definitions

  1. Full of strain

    Full of strain; requiring or exacting great effort; strenuous; stressful.

    • The general conclusion we wish to draw is a simple one. Certain strategies are less strainful than others in terms of the demands they place on memory and upon inference.
    • In developing inventories of strainful events, criminologists must keep in mind the fact that there may be important […]
    • The first type of coping response changes the situation out of which the strainful experience arises.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA