as in exhausted
depleted in strength, energy, or freshness
"I'm really pooped after that hike," she sighed
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Adjective
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This stellar remnant is a white dwarf, the exhausted stellar core left over when a star around the same mass as the sun runs out of the fuel for nuclear fusion and sheds its outer layers.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 Jan. 2026 -
Meanwhile, an exhausted fan base watches on.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Benin is the birthplace of voodoo, a religion far more complex than the tired tropes of straw dolls and pins.—
Caitlin Gunther,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Jan. 2026
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The show premiered over Thanksgiving weekend, when people were tired and full and bored (and probably also horny), and countered our world’s unceasing badness with its world’s buoyant sweetness.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Increase heat to medium, add drained pasta; cook, stirring constantly, until a creamy sauce forms and clings to pasta, about 2 minutes.—
Elizabeth Mervosh,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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What starts as small talk always ends up in heated debates that leave me feeling drained and resentful.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Pooped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pooped. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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