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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There are times Burns gets exhausted and overwhelmed and wishes another firm would acquire hers.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 13 June 2026
The workplace fills up with work that looks finished, sounds confident, and is hollow enough that some exhausted human — usually without credit or reward — still has to mop it up.
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The governing body has so crowded the playing calendar that many of the better players in the world come into the tournament mentally exhausted and physically gassed.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
In 2022, a Walmart contractor posted a video from a store break room where an employee looked exhausted and miserable.
—Ann Larson, Time, 11 June 2026
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Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 13 June 2026
The workplace fills up with work that looks finished, sounds confident, and is hollow enough that some exhausted human — usually without credit or reward — still has to mop it up.
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The governing body has so crowded the playing calendar that many of the better players in the world come into the tournament mentally exhausted and physically gassed.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
In 2022, a Walmart contractor posted a video from a store break room where an employee looked exhausted and miserable.
—Ann Larson, Time, 11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for exhausted
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“Exhausted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exhausted. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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