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Old 02-26-2010, 10:51 AM   #1
Flint
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Words that don’t mean what they should:

indefatigable ... "incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring"

“fatigable” or fatigue-able, should be “able to be fatigued”
“de-fatigable” should be “unable to be fatigued”
“in-de-fatigable” should be “NOT unable to be fatigued” or “ABLE to be fatigued”
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