used up

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of use up

comparative more used up · superlative most used up

1. Worn out; depleted; exhausted; having nothing left; useless, due to the expenditure of all resources.

   That used up old man is no good in a fight.

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   1840, A chant opposing then-presidential candidate Martin Van Buren: "And with them we'll beat Van, Van, Van/Van is a used up man".

   2001, Ellen Koskoff, editor, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America, Garland Publishing, page 304

   Synonyms: expended, spent, consumed, depleted, out, done up, effete, exhausted