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adj. destroyed physically or morally

adj. brought to ruin; "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically"

done for(p), ruined, sunk, undone, washed-up

adj. doomed to extinction

desolate, wasted, blasted, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined

adj. "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape"

hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances(p), penniless, penurious, pinched

adj. not having enough money to pay for necessities

cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved

adj. in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls"

annihilated, exterminated, wiped out(p)

adj. destroyed completely

desolate, wasted, blasted, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined

adj. "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape"

blighted, spoilt

adj. affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity; "a blighted rose"; "blighted urban districts"

blotted out, obliterate, obliterated

adj. reduced to nothingness

demolished, dismantled, razed

adj. torn down and broken up

despoiled, pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked

adj. having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside"

done for(p), kaput(p), gone(a)

adj. destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese"

extinguished

adj. of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement

wrecked

adj. destroyed in an accident; "a wrecked ship"; "a highway full of wrecked cars"

war-torn, war-worn

adj. laid waste by war

attempted

adj. tried unsuccessfully; "attempted murder"

defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted

adj. disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"

down-and-out

adj. lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)

empty-handed, unrewarded

adj. having acquired or gained nothing; "the returned from the negotiations empty-handed"

failing, failed

adj. unable to meet financial obligations; "a failing business venture"

out(a)

adj. out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; "now the Democrats are out"

hitless

adj. (of a batter) without a hit; "he went hitless for three innings"

self-defeating

adj. acting to defeat its own purpose; "it is self-defeating...to ignore the progress of events"

unfulfilled, unrealized, unrealised

adj. of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities; "unfulfilled and uneasy men"; "unrealized dreams and ambitions"

unplaced

adj. not one of the first three in a race or competition

winless

adj. having no wins; "the team had a very disappointing winless season"