fucked

American  

[fuhkt] / fʌkt /

adjective

Slang: Vulgar.

1. in an extremely unpleasant and usually hopeless position or situation.

   If the cave is on fire, we're fucked.

2. hopelessly bad; terrible.

   Young people just cannot find decent jobs in this fucked economy.

3. seriously hurt or damaged.

   I’ve got a fucked knee, so I can’t move very fast.

4. unfair or biased.

   He’s trying to legitimize the whole fucked system by telling people who can’t succeed that it's their own fault.

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verb

Slang: Vulgar.

1. the simple past tense and past participle of fuck.

Etymology

Origin of fucked

First recorded in 1920–25; fuck ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; fuck ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

I’ll come off stage and people will be cheering “one more tune”, and all I’ll be able to think about is 15 minutes into the set I fucked up a mix.

From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2019

Jon bellows a eulogy; torches in hand, he and Dany share a look that says, Look, our relationship is fucked, but right now we’ve got some pyres to light.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 2019

“I got a breadmaker, because everyone’s going to ramp up the hysteria before Leave. Everyone will be going, “Oh right, everything’s fucked, medicine and food, and you’re not going to get bread anywhere, right?

From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2019

I don’t think America is uniquely fucked up.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2017

“But okay, yeah. Bo’s out. That eye’s so fucked up, he isn’t driving anywhere. And then Darryl said something that got me thinking.”

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

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