Wiktionary
dried out
old; worn out; useless. v
(en-pastdry out)
Usage examples of "dried out".
There are swampy, boggy areas where decaying plant material can be dug up and dried out to be used as fuel.
If dried out-of-doors, take in before there is any risk of becoming damp from dew or showers.
People said the thatching, and wood, and bone must have been all dried out.
The rainy season had begun here on the coast of Entoban* and the ground under the trees never dried out.
The ground had a moist, squishy feel under his feet, as if it never entirely dried out, but the dew on the grass had burned off and it was beginning to be hot and humid.
She kept it fed with twigs and small wood until the larger, slower-burning wood, leaned together in a tepee shape over the fire, dried out.