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Synonyms

hard-wearing

British  

adjective

  1. resilient, durable, and tough

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They are also hard-wearing, which means they can be drained and recovered to play football on.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025

For tips on designing a hard-wearing gym that’s a joy to use, we asked designers how they approach workout spaces.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2022

The hard-wearing, all-weather textile hearkens to an older, simpler way of life, its history touching on both the doings of British royals and local farm life.

From National Geographic • Jan. 14, 2021

They’re made of thick, hard-wearing plastic that has the chunky and reassuring feel you might get from an extra heavy-duty phone case.

From The Verge • Nov. 12, 2018

There is a constant daily issue of hard-wearing substance camouflaged as "biscuit," intended originally for the heel of concrete ships and for bomb-proof blockhouses.

From Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry by Blicq, A. Stanley