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knackered

[nak-erd]

adjective British Slang.

exhausted; very tired: He is really knackered after work.

Origin:
1885–90; knacker to tire (attenuation of earlier sense “to kill”; compare knacker def. 1) + -ed²

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knackered (ˈnækəd)

—*adj*
1.	exhausted; tired out
2.	worn out; no longer working, esp after long or hard use

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