as in tired
having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted
was sick and tired of wasting her time at long, pointless meetings
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Recent Examples of sick and tired
It’s been a bit, and after a successful defense, Dr. Allen is somehow not sick and tired of robots and answered a bunch of our questions about quadrotors, swords, and why mixing them is such a great idea.
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IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2016
There’s hope on the horizon for those sick and tired of Alabama’s extreme cold snap.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 24 Dec. 2022
And, basically, people are sick and tired of it.
—Scott Gottlieb, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2022
Robinson, for one, was sick and tired of losing.
—Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 8 Jan. 2022
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IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2016
There’s hope on the horizon for those sick and tired of Alabama’s extreme cold snap.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 24 Dec. 2022
And, basically, people are sick and tired of it.
—Scott Gottlieb, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2022
Robinson, for one, was sick and tired of losing.
—Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 8 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick and tired
Adjective
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The Panthers survived an Aleksander Barkov delay of game penalty and McDavid slaloming through tired penalty killers only to be turned away by Bobrovsky’s stomach snow angel.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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My therapist buffs and moisturizes my tired skin with nutrient-rich seaweed body polish and a firming mask before laying shiver-inducing strands of detoxifying fresh seaweed across my back.—
Katie Nanton,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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Recited their Social Security number to bored voices.—
David Lee Condrey,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Stein described the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act before a classroom of bored students.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Dozens of Cuban detainees being held at the Krome detention center launched a protest Thursday morning inside the immigration facility in southwest Miami-Dade, saying they are fed up with prolonged detention.—
Claire Healy,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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New Yorkers are fed up with stubbornly high crime, soaring rents, and mediocre schools.—
Whitney Tilson,
New York Daily News,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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There is another current salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers that has already left 45 people sick and 16 hospitalized across 18 states.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Some of the samples tested positive for Salmonella and additional testing found that the samples were closely related to the Salmonella found in sick people.—
Amber Brenza,
Health,
8 June 2025
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“Sick and tired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick%20and%20tired. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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