spent force

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von spent force im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A person, organization, or process which is no longer influential, effective, or robust

Bush already appeared to be a spent force, an unpopular President eking out his final days of power.

If you refer to someone who used to be powerful as a spent force, you mean that they no longer have any power or influence. As a political leader he was something of a spent force

Relevante Übersetzungen

spent forces

plural form of spent force

Such a revival is a revival of spent forces, that can gather only for an early and more complete dispersion.

Türkische aussprache

spent fôrs

Aussprache

/ˈspent ˈfôrs/ /ˈspɛnt ˈfɔːrs/