knackered UK /ˈnæk.əd/US /ˈnæk.ɚd/ adjective2 •(UK, slang) Tired or exhausted.I've got this job in a warehouse just now and it finishes quite early but I'm dead knackered at the end of the day so I don't know about going out and like studying every night. — 2002 •(UK, informal) Broken, inoperative.In the end though he had to admit that the car was knackered... — 2003 formsmore knackered · most knackered