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