outworn

American  

[out-wawrn, -wohrn] / ˈaʊtˈwɔrn, -ˈwoʊrn /

adjective

1. out-of-date, outmoded, or obsolete.

   outworn ideas; outworn methods.

2. worn-out, as clothes.

3. exhausted in strength or endurance, as persons.

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verb

1. past participle of outwear.

outworn British  

/ ˌaʊtˈwɔːn, ˈaʊtwɔːn /

adjective

1. no longer accepted, used, believed, etc; obsolete or outmoded

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Other Word Forms

• unoutworn
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of outworn

First recorded in 1555–65; out- + worn

Example Sentences

Outworn in the post-War world were measures of national revenge backed by military strength.

From Time Magazine Archive

Outworn conceptions, if carried over to other historical periods, can prove of incalculable harm to the cause of progress and the chief issue today, the nation's war.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gaston's Castle of Moncade had aged into history,— "Outworn, far and strange, A transitory shame of long ago," and the hunting-box had grown in its turn to castle's stature.

From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa

Outworn with travel, soothed to drowsiness By dying music and sweet-scented air, His limbs relaxed, and sleep possessed his frame.

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Lazarus, Emma

At Damayanti's side he sank asleep, Outworn; and beauteous Damayanti slept, Spent with strange trials—- she so gently reared, So soft and holy.

From Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala by Arnold, Edwin, Sir

Related Words

• ancient
• antique
• archaic
• corny
• dated
• odd
• old
• old-time
• outdated
• outmoded
• primitive