burned-out

[ burnd-out ]

/ ˈbɜrndˈaʊt /

consumed; rendered unserviceable or ineffectual by maximum use: a burned-out tube.

exhausted or made listless through overwork, stress, or intemperance.

deprived of one's regular place to live, work, etc., by a destructive fire.

Also burnt-out.

Origin of burned-out

First recorded in 1805–15

Two burned-out cars at the site were full of bullet holes fired from the side, not the front.

Blood, Faith and Fatalism in Divided Ukraine |Anna Nemtsova |April 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And so after the book launched, a frustrated and burned-out Ratigan walked away, seeking meaning and purpose in his life.

Dylan Ratigan Unplugged: Ex-MSNBC Host Turns Hydroponic Entrepreneur |Daniel Gross |March 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
When Gerald Ford picked Nelson Rockefeller as vice president from 1974 to 1977, it was a consolation prize to a burned-out boom.

House Republicans Hold Their Noses About Mitt Romney |John Batchelor |November 22, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The burned-out carcasses of police vehicles and torched cars served as a reminder of the violent day.

Anarchists Hijack Rome Protests |Barbie Latza Nadeau |October 15, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

The woman was found dead in her burned-out car in her Capitol Hill garage early Monday.

What Caused the Fire That Killed Ashley Turton? |Pat Wingert |January 11, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Until that morning he had scarcely spoken to her for a week; his manner was as dry as a burned-out fire.

The Portrait of a Lady |Henry James
They wander among old trails in the forests and they meet old friends by the side of burned-out campfires.

The Princess Pocahontas |Virginia Watson
The horses carried the cart a gallant thirty miles that day, and we camped at a burned-out village.

The Balkan Peninsula |Frank Fox
What remains of the palace might be naught but the broken wall of an old kiln, or the fragment of some burned-out factory.

The Dukeries |R. Murray Gilchrist
So when the danger had passed our Station, I took the detachment down into the burned-out forest for a week's training in camp.

Life in an Indian Outpost |Gordon Casserly