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tired

 
 
/taɪəd/ adjective

Definition

feeling that you want to rest or sleep: I'm too tired to go out tonight. He was tired out (= very tired) by the end of the day. She never seems to get tired.
tired of doing sth bored or annoyed by something that has happened too often: I'm tired of listening to her problems.
tiredness noun [U]
(Definition of tired adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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