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adjective

ˈspent How to pronounce spent (audio)
Definition of spentnext
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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verb

past tense of spend
1
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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2
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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3
as in wasted
to use up carelessly spent all his energy on impractical schemes

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Recent Examples of spent
Adjective
Deadheading is generally not necessary, however removing spent blooms may encourage additional flowering. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 May 2026 To prevent it from reseeding, make sure to cut branches with spent blooms. — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
Kobach spent his 10-minute speech highlighting legal wins he’s secured as the state’s attorney general. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 Among millennials who’d done something playful in the past year, 92% spent money on it and 78% spent $100 or more. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for spent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spent
  1. exhausted
  2. paid
  3. consumed
  4. wasted
  5. tired
  6. gave
  7. drained
  8. lost
Adjective
  • The buck, tongue lolling, looked exhausted from chasing and breeding his doe.
    — Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 14 Oct. 2026
  • If a year in, the founder is still in every meeting and the new hire is the most exhausted person in the building, the company did not hire an operator.
    — Ken Paskins, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of exhausted
Verb
  • The deal is reportedly worth $15 million a year, nearly four times what James is paid to play basketball for the Philadelphia 76ers.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Among the city’s top 15 earners, 11 were police officers and supervisors — all paid more than $245,000 per year.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of paid
Verb
  • Modern facilities can use closed-loop cooling, where water circulates through the system rather than being continually consumed and discharged.
    — Zev Laine, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Auto energy efficiency was determined by looking at the annual miles driven per capita, and creating a ratio of annual miles driven to gallons of gas consumed.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of consumed
Verb
  • If Republicans lose big next month, there’ll be a brawl to assign blame — which consultants blew it, which ads wasted money, which issues didn’t work.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • If that is impossible for systems much larger than atoms, many of humanity’s current technological efforts would be wasted.
    — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of wasted
Adjective
  • Even more popular when, instead of a tired old video tribute — hats off to the Jackets for reading the room on this one — the arena cameras went straight to Marchenko during the next stoppage.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Murray says her own experience has made her more understanding when female colleagues seem more tired or irritable than usual, particularly when the behavior is out of character.
    — Jo Ann Liguori, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of tired
Verb
  • Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
  • Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
Definition of gave
Verb
  • But Jess Ralston, a senior energy analyst at Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit, a non profit focused on climate change, said that 90% of the oil and gas has already been drained from the North Sea basin.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Salvador has treated patients whose infections formed pockets of pus that had to be drained to protect their vision.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of drained
Verb
  • The Dolphins, who have lost their first five games and are in the midst of a roster retooling, are raising season ticket prices across the board in 2027, after not increasing prices for any seats (and lowering the price of some seats) this year.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
  • As their name implies, each qubit is stored in an ion, an atom that has lost one or more of its electrons.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
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“Spent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spent. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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