inanition

MW10 says that inanition is (among other definitions) "the exhausted condition that results from lack of food and water."

Useful word!

Seems like the adjective form should be "inane" (as in: "I'm totally inane; I better have some dinner"), but although that comes from the same root (Latin "inanis," meaning "empty"), it doesn't mean the same thing.

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