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

He was shot and his charred body found in a burned-out car, a common method in gang killings known locally as a "barbecue".

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Ginsberg lives on the Lower East Side in what Hujar calls “the most rundown tenement,” not far from a cluster of the burned-out buildings that marked New York’s gritty ’70s.

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In the streets, dead bodies are scattered alongside burned-out vehicles.

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Would we give a burned-out caregiver a week’s paid vacation?

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Wood frames are rising from the ashes of burned-out lots in Pacific Palisades, signaling the start of a new era for the fire-torn community.

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• exasperated 
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• overworked www.thesaurus.com
• sleepy 
• stale