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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈnæk.əd/ [UK], /ˈnæk.ɚd/ [US] Audio: En-us-ncalif-knackered.ogg , en-au-knackered.ogg Forms: more knackered [comparative], most knackered [superlative]
Etymology: From the verb knacker. Head templates: {{en-adj}} knackered (comparative more knackered, superlative most knackered)
  1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, sometimes offensive) Tired or exhausted. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, offensive, slang, sometimes Synonyms (tired, exhausted): cream crackered Derived forms: cream crackered [Cockney, slang], Kerry Packered [Cockney, slang] Translations (extremely tired or exhausted): уморен (umoren) [masculine] (Bulgarian), esgotat (Catalan), destrossat (Catalan), fet pols (Catalan), plegat en dos (Catalan), kapot (Dutch), sippi (Finnish), sipissä (Finnish), puhki (Finnish), poikki (Finnish), éreinté (French), claqué (French), HS (French), avoir la tête dans le cul (French), gerädert (German), erledigt (German), fertig (German), fix und fertig (english: coll. / idiomatic) (German), kimerült (Hungarian), nagyon fáradt (Hungarian), straccato (Italian), sfibrato (Italian), spossato (Italian), claoidhte (Scottish Gaelic), agotado (Spanish), reventado (Spanish), harto (Spanish), para el arrastre (Spanish), slut (Swedish), slutkörd (Swedish), utmattad (Swedish), wedi blino'n lân (Welsh), wedi ymlâdd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-knackered-en-adj-eoMa4adP Categories (other): British English, Commonwealth English, Irish English, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 69 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈnæk.əd/ [UK], /ˈnæk.ɚd/ [US] Audio: En-us-ncalif-knackered.ogg , en-au-knackered.ogg Forms: more knackered [comparative], most knackered [superlative]
Etymology: From "ready for the knacker's yard" or "fit to be knackered", meaning "worn-out livestock, fit to be slaughtered and rendered". Head templates: {{en-adj}} knackered (comparative more knackered, superlative most knackered)
  1. (UK, Ireland, South Africa, colloquial) Broken, inoperative. Tags: Ireland, South-Africa, UK, colloquial Synonyms: worn-out Synonyms (broken, inoperative): broken Related terms: knacker, knacker's yard Translations (broken, inoperative): sippi (Finnish), sipannut (Finnish), foutu (French), HS (French), baisé (French), détraqué (French), fichu (French), spacciato (Italian), fritto (Italian), roto (Spanish), gastado (Spanish), estropeado (Spanish), averiado (Spanish), jodido (Spanish), para el arrastre (Spanish), hecho unos zorros (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-knackered-en-adj-r1ZeJM42 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 60 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 77 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 64 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 68 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 67 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 74 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 21 75 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 75 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈnæk.əd/ [UK], /ˈnæk.ɚd/ [US] Audio: En-us-ncalif-knackered.ogg , en-au-knackered.ogg
Etymology: From the verb knacker. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} knackered
  1. simple past and past participle of knacker Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: knacker
    Sense id: en-knackered-en-verb-Q8sNRbRi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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          "text": "2003, Hugh Dauncey, Geoff Hare (editors), The Tour de France, 1903-2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values, Frank Cass Publishers, London, 2005, page 225,\nThen, it all just gets worse and worse, you don't sleep so much, so you don't recover as well from the day's racing, so you go into your reserves, you get more knackered, so you sleep less... It's simply a vicious circle."
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          "text": "In the end though he had to admit that the car was knackered...",
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          "text": "We take an old knackered machine out to China and say, 'Copy that, brand new,' and they do.",
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      "sense": "broken, inoperative",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "broken, inoperative",
      "word": "sippi"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "broken, inoperative",
      "word": "sipannut"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "broken, inoperative",
      "word": "foutu"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "baisé"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "détraqué"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "broken, inoperative",
      "word": "fichu"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "word": "spacciato"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "fritto"
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      "code": "es",
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "word": "jodido"
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      "word": "para el arrastre"
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