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Princeton's WordNet

  1. exhausted, dog-tired, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out(a), worn out(p)adjective

    drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted

    "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out"

  2. bleached, faded, washed-out, washyadjective

    having lost freshness or brilliance of color

    "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"

Wiktionary

  1. washed-outadjective

    lacking colour, as if faded

  2. washed-outadjective

    tired, jaded and lacking animation

ChatGPT

  1. washed-out

    "Washed-out" is an adjective that typically refers to colors, images, or sounds that have lost their brightness, sharpness or saturation, often due to overexposure, dilution or aging. It can also describe a person feeling extremely tired, drained, or lacking in vitality. Additionally, in geographical terms, it may refer to a road or path that has been made impassable due to heavy rainfall or flooding.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of washed-out in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of washed-out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of washed-out in a Sentence

  1. Mike Everhart:

    The bear skull was washed out of the same river sediments that routinely produce the skulls and bones of the American bison, some of which could date back as far as the last Ice Age, whether it is hundreds or thousands of years old, the skull gives us a better insight into the richness of life on the plains before Western man.

  2. Vilas Shinde:

    If rainfall fails next week, then my investment in seeds and fertilisers will be washed out.

  3. Phil Hartmann:

    So as these compression garments claim it increases the blood flow during exercise, those negative -- well potentially negative -- properties can be washed out sooner.

  4. National Weather Service:

    These kind of prolific rainfalls are not unprecedented, but this is definitely one for the history books, we have had numerous reports of road closures. We have had roads washed out, sink holes forming.

  5. Beatriz Gonzalez:

    I just don’t want my daughter’s life to be washed out like that. I want something to be done, we’re searching for justice. Somebody has to be responsible for what happened. Not only to me, but to many other families that have lost their loved ones.


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