outworn
out-of-date, outmoded, or obsolete: outworn ideas; outworn methods.
worn-out, as clothes.
exhausted in strength or endurance, as persons.
past participle of outwear.
Origin of outworn
1Other words from outworn
- un·out·worn, adjective
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How to use outworn in a sentence
We understand that outworn programs are inadequate to the needs of our time.
Full Text of President Obama's Inaugural Address | Justin Green | January 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was lying on the flat of his back, sleeping the sleep of the utterly outworn, and he got the full force of the shower.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) | John McElroyAs with our own bodies, the outworn garb will be laid aside, and the spirit will find a finer form.
Spirit and Music | H. Ernest HuntLet the cult of that lusty Titan, the Limpet, sink awhile into the limbo of outworn idolatries.
The gingham will last longer than the barege, and will be good for more uses after it is outworn as a dress.
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Bullinger and Gualterus in particular were outworn by the pertinacious English Puritans who visited them.
John Knox and the Reformation | Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for outworn
/ (ˈaʊtwɔːn, ˌaʊtˈwɔːn) /
no longer accepted, used, believed, etc; obsolete or outmoded
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