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Strainful

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Meaning

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

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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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What does strainful mean?

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

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How do you use strainful in a sentence?

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.

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