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burned-out
[burnd-out]
adjective
rendered unserviceable or ineffectual by maximum use; consumed.
Check your outdoor lights and replace any burned-out bulbs.
exhausted or made listless through overwork, stress, or intemperance.
deprived of one's regular place to live, work, etc., by a destructive fire.
Word History and Origins
Origin of burned-out1
Example Sentences
Sheinbaum has neither endorsed nor criticized the flag-waving, but she has expressed dismay at one widely distributed image — of a shirtless L.A. protester brandishing a Mexican flag as he stands atop a burned-out car.
The vast majority of burned-out homeowners surveyed said they intend to rebuild the homes destroyed in the devastating January fires — yet half say they are unwilling to wait more than three years to return.
Now, people evacuating their burned-out lots, but continuing to hold onto them in that condition until death, creates a big problem.
As she viewed images of the burned-out school plastered on social media, she worried about her students’ mental well-being.
McCarthy’s map, which has been attached to plywood pieces and mounted on what amounts to a faux wall, sits amid blocked-off parking spaces just steps from burned-out lots.
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