Defeated
What is Defeated?
A collapsed surrender — the system has stopped fighting because fighting no longer seems possible or worth it.
When you might feel defeated
Defeated is a specific form of hopeless, which itself is a type of collapsed. You might experience this feeling in situations where collapsed is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define defeated.
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