- past participle of outwear.
outworn
Americanadjective
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out-of-date, outmoded, or obsolete.
outworn ideas; outworn methods.
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worn-out, as clothes.
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exhausted in strength or endurance, as persons.
verb
adjective
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Example Sentences
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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
Outworn in the post-War world were measures of national revenge backed by military strength.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Outworn, bewildered aristocracies and vast populations troubled with the specter of want, swarming like rabbits, pressing always close upon the means of subsistence.
From Poor Man's Rock by Johnson, Frank Tenney
Outworn ideas have been retained, development has been practically stopped, and railroad men with vision have not been set free to grow.
From My Life and Work by Ford, Henry
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