spent

[ spent ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of spend.

adjective

1. tired; worn-out; exhausted.

   Synonyms: fatigued, weary

2. used up; consumed.

spent

/ spɛnt /

verb

1. See spend
   the past tense and past participle of spend

adjective

1. used up or exhausted; consumed
2. (of a fish) exhausted by spawning

Other Words From

• well-spent adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of spent¹

First recorded in 1425–75, for the adjective

Example Sentences

The spent fuel is very dangerous—it contains a lot of very radioactive stuff.

From MIT Technology Review

The spent fuel storage in Ukraine was designed to be very strong, and under normal operation maybe it could even resist the jumbo jet fall.

From MIT Technology Review

First, the solid waste sites around Badin, which contain toxins from the spent potliner.

From Popular-Science

As frequent rocket launches make space more accessible, spent vehicles are plummeting back to Earth.

From Popular-Science

In 1982, the US Congress enacted the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, which requires the US Department of Energy to find a geological repository for the spent fuel and take it there.

From MIT Technology Review

As far as I can tell, this magazine spent as much time making fun of French politicians as it did of Muslims or Islam.

From The Daily Beast

Thus, more time is spent organization and obtaining ones free of failings.

From The Daily Beast

Humans spent a long time domesticating cattle, and what they were trying to do, in essence, was de-domesticate them.

From The Daily Beast

So when my wife and I moved to Laurel Canyon I spent my first year working night and day on the show.

From The Daily Beast

I spent time yesterday listening to the music you made, and looking at the art you created.

From The Daily Beast

Fatigue he never knew, and on one occasion he was said to have spent thirteen days and nights in the saddle.

From Project Gutenberg

He asked what time was usually spent in determining between right and wrong, and what degree of expense?

From Project Gutenberg

This tiny person spent little or none of his time in the tree-tops, but chose to stay near the ground.

From Project Gutenberg

In the next year his mother returned to India with both her children, and the boy's next two years were spent at and near Bombay.

From Project Gutenberg

The year before they had spent part of the summer with their grandmother Pontellier in Iberville.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• dead
• finished
• lost
• used
• wasted