🔋 No power 😩 Very tired

drained

2.8

A device that has no electric power to work

adjective
/dreɪnd/

: agotado

After using the flashlight for hours, it was completely drained and needed to be recharged.

Examples

Once the battery was drained, we had to connect the device to the charger to use it again.
The smartphone had been left on all day, so it was utterly drained and wouldn't turn on.
Why have some been fully drained and some slimed?

Synonyms

dead

vsdrained

∞ 1.0

Not alive or working, for example a battery with no power

specifies an electrical loss of charge rather than general failure

exhausted

vsdrained

104 2.0

Very tired and completely used up for a person or thing after using all energy

refers specifically to electrical discharge making the device unusable

uncharged

vsdrained

Specialized

1 4.5

Not carrying any electric charge, for example neutrons or a dead battery

refers to a device that has lost electric charge and needs charging

unpowered

vsdrained

1 4.4

Not using electricity or an engine to move

focuses on lost internal battery charge that stops operation

depleted

vsdrained

1 4.8

Having almost no supply of something needed, for example energy or water

implies complete loss of electrical charge preventing device use

chargeless

vsdrained

Specialized

6.3

A device or battery that has no power left

means a device has lost its charge and cannot work until recharged

juiceless

vsdrained

Informal

7.0

A phone or other device with no battery power and not working

describes a device emptied of electrical charge until recharged

spent

vsdrained

3.5

Very tired and with no energy left

uses electrical loss as the cause of incapacity, not general fatigue

Antonyms

charged

Specialized

6.2

Something with a positive or negative electric charge

Compounds

well-drained soil

1 2.9

Soil that lets extra water drain away easily

How Charged

charged

Specialized

6.2

juiceless

Informal

7.0

drained

2.8

dead

248 1.0

Surface Forms

drained positive

Morphology

drained = drain (transparent) = drain + ed

A direct past-participle adjective formed from the verb 'drain' indicating emptied or discharged, which learners can readily infer.

Etymology

Drained comes from the old word drain, which meant 'to let water out', as when water goes away through a drainpipe. So a battery that is drained has had its electric power 'let out' and is empty of charge.