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as in exhausted
lacking bodily energy or motivation
as the heat wave wore on, everyone really started to feel enervated
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2
as in weak
lacking bodily strength
months of recovery in the hospital had rendered the soldiers enervated and unfit
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as in undermined
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality
a lifetime of working in dreary jobs had enervated his very soul
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as in weakened
to diminish the physical strength of
the surgery really enervated me for weeks afterwards
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enervated
Adjective
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The traditional growth playbook for telecom is exhausted.—
Astha Bhardwaj,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025 -
White disappears completely into the role without skirting parody, portraying the exhausted hitmaker as startled by his own numbness, blanked out and unsure of what to do next.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Relief on that levy—which stacks on top of Liberation Day tariffs—could be a boon for the Asian nation at a time when domestic demand is weak.—
Bloomberg,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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There, interactions between streams of liquid iron generate a magnetic field one quintillion times more powerful than that of an ordinary lab magnet (but thousands of times weaker than the Sun’s).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Hybe refused, and in response, the members of NewJeans went public with multiple complaints against the label, which included claims that Hybe had deliberately undermined their careers.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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And the facts are the Cuban regime has undermined democracies in our hemisphere.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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After accounting for lifestyle variables like exercise, the effects weakened a bit as, for example, more active people tend to spend more time outdoors.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
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San Francisco artificial intelligence giant OpenAI weakened its chatbots’ anti-suicide protections in the run-up to the death of teenager Adam Raine, according to new claims in a lawsuit by the boy’s parents.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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There isn’t an obvious replacement, but fans are tired and want something else.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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Her recipe is simple, elegant, and designed to keep the party going without anyone leaving jittery or tired.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Their calculations show that a feeble interaction between the inflaton field and elementary particles called gluons would be sufficient to warm up inflation.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
27 Oct. 2025
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Without getting into spoilers, her one-and-done appearance in Episode 5 presents the perfect opportunity for the more-than-capable Meester to match wits with Bell’s judgmental Joanna, only to strand the actor with boring, obvious jokes and saddle her with a feeble resolution.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In-ground sprinkler systems should be drained.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Jonny Barber’s colorful Colfax Museum archive finally has a permanent home after years of challenges that have drained its founder’s resources, including floods and a fire that nearly destroyed its former building.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The purification method the city is using for Phase One — called indirect potable reuse — softened that image somewhat by requiring the purified water to sit in a reservoir for months.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Stir in onion and poblano and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, about 3 minutes.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Enervated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enervated. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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