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Washed up is something that appears on the shore of a sea or other body of water, brought there by the waves.

(verb)

An example of washed up is when the pieces of a broken ship that was lost at sea start to appear on the sandy beach.

The definition of washed up is someone or something whose time has come and gone; someone who was popular or who had a good career but who now doesn't and has little to offer.

(adjective)

An example of a washed up singer is someone whose last album was ten years ago and who now just sits around and mopes.

See washed-up in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

cleaned up
Informal tired; exhausted
☆ Slang finished; done for; having failed

See washed-up in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

No longer successful or needed; finished.
Ready to give up in disgust.

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