WASHED-OUT


Meaning of WASHED-OUT in English

ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective

Etymology: from past participle of wash out

1.

a. : faded in color : lacking in brightness or vividness

a very pale, washed-out blue — Eden Phillpotts

b. of a photographic print : lacking detail in highlights

2. : depleted in vigor or animation : played out : exhausted

worked from seven in the morning until noon, and I was limp, washed-out — Richard Wright

3. : eroded

coal workings line the route in this hilly, washed-out section — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania

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