spent force
spent force · spent forces
A person, organization, or process which is no longer influential, effective, or robustA person, organization, or process which is no longer influential, effective, or robust.
Meaning
1 sensesA person, organization, or process which is no longer influential, effective, or robust.
1921, P. G. Wodehouse, The Girl on the Boat (U.S.: Three Men and a Maid), ch. 2, I am a ruin, a spent force, a man without a future!
Forms
plural: spent forces| Singular | spent force |
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