exhausted
Etymology Pronunciation Adjective
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Etymology Pronunciation Adjective
exhausted
- Very tired; in a state of exhaustion.
- The exhausted man fell asleep immediately.
- Depleted of resources.
- The exhausted mine was worthless once all the ore had been extracted.
- (sciences, now, historical) Emptied of contents, especially of air; that has been made into a vacuum.
- 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 839:
- A man can live in thick air, but perishes in an exhausted receiver.
- See also Thesaurus:fatigued or Thesaurus:depleted
- French: épuisé
- German: erschöpft
- Italian: esausto
- Portuguese: esgotado, exausto
- Spanish: exhausto, agotado
- German: erschöpft
- Russian: исче́рпанный
- Spanish: exhausto, agotado
- Simple past tense and past participle of exhaust
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