If you refer to someone who used to be powerful as a spent force , you mean that they no longer have any power or influence.
As a political leader he was something of a spent force.
N-SING : a N
If you refer to someone who used to be powerful as a spent force , you mean that they no longer have any power or influence.
As a political leader he was something of a spent force.
N-SING : a N
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006