Used in a Sentence

knackered

How to use knackered in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for knackered.

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Citing this is such a knackered HN cliché it should mean an instant hell-banning.

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Quick take

very tired

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

very tired

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for knackered.

adjective

very tired

Example sentences

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Citing this is such a knackered HN cliché it should mean an instant hell-banning.

2

Mines pretty knackered too and it's definetly due to staring at screens in the night in dark.

3

Complaining about a "knackered HN cliché" is itself a knackered HN cliché.

4

Occasionally you found a knackered one, but it looked like wear and tear rather than vandalism.

5

In fact it's 60 hours of being knackered where you're probably being half as productive as you would be if you were fully rested - but you're too damn tired to realise it.

6

Having picked up both knackered PHP and C projects, PHP is usually worse as the barrier for entry is much lower meaning that the code barely works in most cases.

7

While it was obviously knackered, it still held enough charge to be perfectly useful, if not amazing - but perhaps I should have held it to a higher standard?

8

It's a shame we don't hear more from DC these days, but then that's to be expected now that the BBC's journalistic integrity has been compromised by a knackered London SW1 control centre.

9

If I need more disks, just throw them inside it without playing around with half knackered frayed cables, external enclosures, power management and cable routing, volume management etc.

10

It seems to me that a huge number of jobs are all about providing entertainment for people who are too knackered from work to take part in an intellectually and/or physically satisfying hobby.

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Not in a metaphorical sense, I was just so mentally knackered that I went to sleep and woke up in the morning with the impression no time had passed and not even a fleeting image of what I'd been dreaming.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use knackered in a sentence?

Citing this is such a knackered HN cliché it should mean an instant hell-banning.

What does knackered mean?

very tired

What part of speech is knackered?

knackered is commonly used as adjective.