as in exhausted
depleted in strength, energy, or freshness
he plopped down in his chair, completely spent, and then fell asleep
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as in paid
to hand over or use up in payment
I always end up spending too much money at the mall
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as in consumed
to make complete use of
the town has already spent its budget for snow removal, and it's only January
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as in wasted
to use up carelessly
spent all his energy on impractical schemes
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Recent Examples of spent
Mike Levin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
According to the report, detectives eventually found a spent bullet casing outside in the driveway.
—Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 15 Dec. 2025
Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Why do people team up around an emptiness, so much spent breath?
—Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
But because the United States still has no permanent repository for spent fuel, we have been left with no other option.
—Mike Levin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
According to the report, detectives eventually found a spent bullet casing outside in the driveway.
—Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 15 Dec. 2025
Verb
The 93rd overall pick, the 6-4, 315-pound Trost spent seven years at four schools – Morgan State, Indiana State, Wake Forest and Missouri.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Why do people team up around an emptiness, so much spent breath?
—Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spent
Adjective
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Feeling a little funky, exhausted or sore can happen for a number of reasons, including perimenopause and menopause.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
24 Apr. 2026
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Tranquility notwithstanding, Suriel was exhausted.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Because the cameras were vertical, actors huddled closer together, and the crew paid extra attention to upper-body details like hair and makeup.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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The artists were paid for their work.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The paleo diet is an eating approach based on foods believed to have been consumed before modern agriculture.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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For her, having consumed little but state media for the past decade, the victory of Péter Magyar was not cause for joy, but for crippling fear.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2026
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Yankees third baseman Amed Rosario wasted no time bringing them home, crushing a three-run home run clear over the Green Monster to put New York up 3-0.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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And yet, such old-fashioned Hollywood muscle is wasted on a movie that spends the vast majority of its runtime flexing directly into the lens.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
22 Apr. 2026
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However, his attempts to introduce a more aggressive man-for-man pressing style also place higher physical demands on already tired players.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Even the film’s critic-defying, pinky-swearing fanbase may be disappointed in the barebones production, jarring plotting, tired dialogue and ham-handed staging.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That gave Spurs legs but not a lot of control.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Knicks’ second unit coughed the ball up, Landry Shamet’s minutes got messy, and the slopiness Brown had spent the afternoon talking about gave the Hawks life.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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His EcoFlow house battery eventually drained as well, bringing the vehicle to a complete 0% state of charge.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Apr. 2026
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Kennard drained all five of his three-point attempts, including three in the fourth quarter.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Spurs were down by two in the second quarter when Wemby left and lost 106-103.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Yeah, that’s been lost, which is strange.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Spent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spent. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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