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Gillyflower Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

feeble

Hi,
Is feeble a suitable word in the context below?
"Night- shift nurses were 73.9% and day-shift nurses were 98.5% inflexible and %82.6 and %87.5 feeble, respectively, with regard to circadian rhythm and amplitude."

Thanks
  

Top answer

Probably not. What do you mean? Despite your use of 'respectively', the meaning of our sentence is not clear.

  • Probably not.
  • What do you mean?
  • Despite your use of 'respectively', the meaning of our sentence is not clear.
  • I suggest you reword it.
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Probably not. What do you mean?

Despite your use of 'respectively', the meaning of our sentence is not clear. I suggest you reword it.
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CliveProbably not. What do you mean?
In a study, we investigated the effect of night shift work on psychomotro driving skills of nurses. We examined how night work affect the their normal physiological cycle, and this is a part of the result.
CliveDespite your use of 'respectively', the meaning of our sentence is not clear. I suggest yo
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I don't know what word you need, but it's not feeble. Can you think of another word for what you want to say?
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fivejedjonI don't know what word you need, but it's not feeble. Can you think of another word for what you want to say?
I need a word for "a person with no energy".
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Here are some possibilities: listless, tired, worn out, exhausted.
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Night- shift nurses were 73.9% inflexible and %82.6 feeble and day-shift nurses were 98.5% inflexibleand %87.5 feeble, with regard to circadian rhythm and amplitude.

You are writing some of your percentages incorrectly. The % sign always comes after the number.

By 'inflexible', do you mean 'resistant to chang
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CliveCan you really measure feebleness and inflexibility so precisely?
I made a big mistake in writing this sentence. The percentages are related to people. I rewrote the sentence. Would you please give your comments?

"Night and day shift nurses reported 30.4% and 16.7% traffic accidents during the past year, respectively. 73.9% of the night- shift nu
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Your sentence is better.
But I'm not clear about what you mean by 'inflexible'. And I don't know how you determine that someone is inflexible or listless. I hope your context makes this clear.

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