inanition:
- the condition or quality of being empty
- exhaustion, as from lack of nourishment
- lack of vitality or spirit
(Example: The problem that faces British universities is not that they have become fat and lazy, but that they have been starved beyond lean efficiency into inanition. [Reference: John Sutherland, "A contest that no one can really win", The Guardian, August 14, 2000])
