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# knackered

«knackered» in Mova's school dictionary: **extremely tired, worn out** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (knackered — slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ); verb form (past of knacker)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (slang, UK) Knackered means extremely tired, worn out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knackered/#m1)

2) (slang, UK) Knackered means broken or too old and worn to work properly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knackered/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Very common in casual British, Irish, Australian and NZ speech, like «shattered» or «exhausted». In stories with real dialogue it shows a tired character or a broken thing. In exam writing it is too informal. Phrases: absolutely knackered, completely knackered, I'm knackered.

### examples

- (slang) I'm knackered after that cross-country run. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knackered/#x1)
- (slang) Mum was knackered after her night shift. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knackered/#x2)
- (slang) My bike is knackered — the chain keeps falling off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knackered/#x3)
- We were all knackered by the end of the camping trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knackered/#x4)
- (slang) This old phone is completely knackered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knackered/#x5)
- «You look knackered,» said Gran. «Go to bed.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knackered/#x6)

### note

Informal slang, mildly rude to some older people, but common and not a swear word. Not usual in American English (Americans say «beat», «wiped out» or «exhausted»). Formal equivalents: exhausted, worn out, broken.

### In the corpora

- [This clock's knackered!" ("knackered" means broken or worn out).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «knackered» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knackered/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.