burned-out

Also burnt-out

[burnd-out]

adjective

1. rendered unserviceable or ineffectual by maximum use; consumed.

   Check your outdoor lights and replace any burned-out bulbs.

2. exhausted or made listless through overwork, stress, or intemperance.

3. deprived of one's regular place to live, work, etc., by a destructive fire.

Word History and Origins

Origin of burned-out¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

They created a seating area around a burned-out tree.

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For years, neighbors would hold weekly get-togethers, at first on burned-out lots and later at housewarming parties.

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He couldn’t take seeing the burned-out trees, cars and homes.

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After 23 months of war, it now lies in ruins, pockmarked by craters, with burned-out wards and bullet holes.

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County to buy burned-out lots in Pacific Palisades and convert them to low-income housing, strip away local zoning decisions and push dense reconstruction.

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Related Words

• annoyed 
• bored 
• distressed 
• drained www.thesaurus.com
• exasperated 
• fatigued 
• irritated 
• overworked www.thesaurus.com
• sleepy 
• stale