spent force
Power now gone
A spent force is something that has exhausted its power or influence and no longer has significant effect.
The phrase often describes movements, ideologies, or individuals past their peak: The revolution had become a spent force by the 1990s.
From the image of a projectile that has lost its momentum and can no longer penetrate.
Lacking strength or authority
- ineffectiveLacking power to achieve
- ineffectualFailing to achieve purpose
- impotentLacking power or efficacy
- toothlessHaving no teeth
feeble · futile · useless · inert · emasculated · neutered · defanged · declawed
No longer in use
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- superannuatedMade obsolete by age
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
passé · bygone · defunct · discarded · superseded · irrelevant · forgotten · has-been
Made less capable
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
- drainedEmptied of resources
- sappedDepleted of vitality
enervated · exhausted · fatigued · worn out · burned out · run down · used up · tapped out
powerless
Lacking strength or authority
- ineffectiveLacking power to achieve
- ineffectualFailing to achieve purpose
- impotentLacking power or efficacy
toothless · feeble · futile · useless · inert · emasculated · neutered · defanged · declawed · lame duck
outdated
No longer in use
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- superannuatedMade obsolete by age
outmoded · passé · bygone · defunct · discarded · superseded · irrelevant · forgotten · has-been · washed-up
weakened
Made less capable
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
- drainedEmptied of resources
sapped · enervated · exhausted · fatigued · worn out · burned out · run down · used up · tapped out · played out
- washed-uphas-been, over the hill, past prime, played out, finished
- energy idiomsfull of beans, running on empty, second wind, burn out, fired up
spent forceforce to be reckoned with
vital force · driving force · powerhouse · juggernaut · going concern
spent forceup-and-comer
Promising newcomer gaining ground
rising star · new kid on the block · gathering storm · fresh blood · rising tide
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