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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Once the jaguar is secure on the floatation device, the rescue vessel carries the exhausted predator along the river — one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon — towards land.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
This relentless barrage of interruptions and switching between thoughts and technology platforms is leaving us utterly exhausted, says Paul Leonardi, department chair and Duca Family Professor of Technology Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
—Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
My first true attempts at poetry were self-guided, painfully rhymed, drenched in abstractions and exhausted platitudes.
—Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
During a press conference at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, Duffy expressed alarm that controllers may need to work while exhausted and financially stressed, potentially compromising their ability to safely manage airspace.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
This relentless barrage of interruptions and switching between thoughts and technology platforms is leaving us utterly exhausted, says Paul Leonardi, department chair and Duca Family Professor of Technology Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
—Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
My first true attempts at poetry were self-guided, painfully rhymed, drenched in abstractions and exhausted platitudes.
—Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
During a press conference at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, Duffy expressed alarm that controllers may need to work while exhausted and financially stressed, potentially compromising their ability to safely manage airspace.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Exhausted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exhausted. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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