outwear
verb (used with object)
to wear or last longer than; outlast.
has outworn
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present perfectof outwear (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"It's an expedient that has outworn its usefulness, and it's time to say goodbye."
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2014
Tommy, aged seven—Because he has outworn everything he hasn't outgrown.
From More Toasts by Marion Dix Mosher
I have had but one wig since the last I had of you, and yours has outworn it.
From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle
