exhausted
adjective
ex·haust·ed
ig-ˈzȯ-stəd 
1
: completely or almost completely depleted of resources or contents
… crops are grown in the resulting field for a year or a few years until the soil is exhausted, and then the field is abandoned …—
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: depleted of energy : extremely tired
I mean I was just exhausted, totally exhausted. I could barely walk up a flight of stairs without panting and wheezing.—Anthony DeCurtis
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the exhausted runner crossed the finish line and just collapsed
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Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
The very idea of writing a new novel left me exhausted.
—Danielle Postel-Vinay, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
The traditional growth playbook for telecom is exhausted.
—Astha Bhardwaj, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
By the time lights-out finally comes, the exhausted patient conks out hard.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for exhausted
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“Exhausted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exhausted. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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