burned-out
[
burnd
-
out
]
/ˈbɜrndˈaʊt/
adjective
1.
consumed; rendered unserviceable or ineffectual by maximum use:
a burned-out tube.
2.
exhausted or made listless through overwork, stress, or intemperance.
3.
deprived of one's regular place to live, work, etc., by a destructive fire.
Also,
burnt-out
.
Origin
1805-15
Examples from the web for
burned-out
It's no wonder that he
burned-out
, with millions of dollars at stake on every word of his songs.
Five others holed up in a shopping mall, where they died as the building was reduced to a
burned-out
hulk.
The next morning, the empty shells of
burned-out
houses were visible in several areas.
burned-out
vehicles and collapsed houses dot the landscape.
Camouflaged troops fire at shadows in
burned-out
skeletons of buildings.
The farm-if it works-will replace
burned-out
neighborhoods.