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flavor fatigue

flavor fatigue noun: the situation where a person tires of a frequently consumed food or drink because its flavor has become uninteresting.

Noun

flavor fatigue (uncountable)

  1. The situation where a person tires of a frequently consumed food or drink because its flavor has become uninteresting.
    • A common complaint of ultra-endurance athletes is flavor fatigue for sweet products. Sports drinks, bars, and gels are made of carbohydrates that taste sweet—some more intensely than others.2011, Heather Hedrick Fink, Alan E. Mikesky, Lisa A. Burgoon, Practical Applications in Sports Nutrition

Forms of flavor fatigue

alternative UKflavour fatigue

Questions about flavor fatigue

What does flavor fatigue mean?
Flavor fatigue means the situation where a person tires of a frequently consumed food or drink because its flavor has become uninteresting.
What part of speech is flavor fatigue?
Flavor fatigue is a noun.

Words near flavor fatigue in the dictionary

  1. flavor
  2. flavor burst
  3. flavor bursts
  4. flavor enhancer
  5. flavor enhancers
  6. flavor fatigue
  7. flavor of the month
  8. flavor of the road
  9. flavor of the week
  10. flavor saver
  11. flavor savers

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