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Meanings of knackered in English

Very tired.

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Usage of knackered in English
1
I don't remember if I was saying a prayer or just knackered.
The Guardian
2
He shows me the knackered knee that did for his football ambitions.
The Guardian
3
We'd arrived alongside the most knackered Gaz van left in the Eastern bloc.
Exit wound
4
But would Nick Clegg really want to prop up a knackered, 12-year administration?
The Guardian
5
Often, I'd leave and return from the job in darkness, knackered.
The Irish Times
6
In bed at ten, knackered, and my dreams involved lager-swilling priests on bikes.
Priest
7
Season of being knackered if you're a football and hurling hack.
The Irish Times
8
The boys have just done eight gigs in nine nights and they're knackered.
The Guardian
9
The once knackered bay gelding, who remarkably came back to racing.
The Irish Times
10
Even with the knackered old Metrorail trains limping by from time to time.
The South African
11
Even knackered parents don't want to eat dinner at half four.
The Irish Times
12
If the poet tried biking it up here, he'd be knackered.
The Guardian
13
I had a rather knackered old umbrella which I produced from my rucksack.
The World According to Bob
14
So they read and re-read their knackered old atlas before settling on Patagonia.
The Guardian
15
For me, the main change is that I feel knackered more of the time.
The Guardian
16
Right, then; I don't know about the rest of you lot, but I'm knackered.
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