born tired adjective2 •Chronically tired; asthenic.God creates the human family, but the mother is the instrument of creation and the child of the tired mother will always be born tired, and there is nothing so pitiful as the child born tired. — 1909 •Lazy; shiftless.But, lord! Young Har never finishes anything – too tired! 'Ang me, sir, if I don't think 'e were born tired! — 2009