exhausted

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/ ɪgˈzɔs tɪd /

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adjective

drained of strength or energy; worn-out: The illness left me exhausted, both psychologically and physically.

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Origin of exhausted

First recorded in 1660–70; exhaust + -ed²

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See tired¹.

Words nearby exhausted

ex gratia, exhalant, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, exhausted, exhaust fan, exhaust-gas recirculation, exhausting, exhaustion, exhaustive

How to use exhausted in a sentence

Korduri said FinFET will again triple chip density before it’s exhausted.
Moore’s Law Lives: Intel Says Chips Will Pack 50 Times More Transistors|Jason Dorrier|August 23, 2020|Singularity Hub
Even when you’re exhausted, you’re mustering up unimaginable courage to put on those scrubs and give our loved ones a fighting chance.
‘He is clearly in over his head’: Read Michelle Obama’s full speech denouncing Donald Trump|kdunn6|August 18, 2020|Fortune
Her friend recovered, but Assaf was still “utterly exhausted.”
Covid-19 “long haulers” are organizing online to study themselves|Tanya Basu|August 12, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Already exhausted from swimming my gear from shore, within minutes after I descended I lost my light, a flipper, and complete sense of space.
Towards ‘Eternal Sunshine’? New Links Found Between Memory and Emotion|Shelly Fan|July 28, 2020|Singularity Hub

I think for any new mom when she returned to work just, you’re exhausted and you’re balancing your family and what it all looks like.
Olympian Allyson Felix Breaks Usain Bolt's Record—10 Months After Emergency C-Section|Health|October 3, 2019|Health
For me and some of my students, 2014 was the year of rediscovering old resources whose value is not exhausted yet.
American Democracy Under Threat for 250 Years|Jedediah Purdy|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This breach is an extraordinary emotional drag on the exhausted population.
In One Corner of Syria, Christmas Spirit Somehow Manages to Survive|Peter Schwartzstein|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As I forced my exhausted body to exercise, I yelled at my legs like a drill sergeant, demanding five more minutes or one more set.
You’re Never ‘Cured’ of an Eating Disorder|Carrie Arnold|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She is genuinely concerned, of course, that you look so exhausted and old.
How to Make It Through Thanksgiving Alive|Lizzie Crocker|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Its rhetorical potential—if it ever had any—has been thoroughly exhausted.
The Problematic Hunt for a ‘Gay Gene’|Samantha Allen|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He flung himself upon his bed; no definite thought was in him; he was utterly exhausted.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
A long, dreamless sleep took instant charge of him, for he was exhausted to a state of utter depletion.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The two armies for the time being lay opposite to each other, too exhausted after the struggle to recommence operations.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Exhausted by her emotion, she would have fallen on the ground, had not Alphonse caught her and raised her in his arms.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
When partially exhausted the aluminum shutters are dipped into a bath of shellac.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller