washed-out - Definition from Longman English Dictionary Online

washed-out
adjective

washed-out

1 not brightly coloured any more, usually as a result of being washed many times:

a washed-out shade of blue

2 [not before noun] feeling weak and looking unhealthy because you are very tired:

Debbie's looking a bit washed-out.

3 American English a washed-out road has been damaged by rain or floods and cannot be driven on

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