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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective having lost much energy or emotion from vigorous activity; -- of people.
  • adjective having resources completely depleted.
  • adjective having no power remaining; -- of a battery.
  • adjective to vanish or cease existing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Lacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.
  • adjective Of a battery, empty of charge; discharged.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of drain.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective drained of electric charge; discharged
  • adjective very tired
  • adjective emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid)

Etymologies

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drain +‎ -ed

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