overwear

American

[oh-ver-wair] / ˌoʊ vərˈwɛər /

verb (used with object)

overwore, overworn, overwearing

to use or wear excessively; wear out; exhaust; tax.

needlessly overwearing her best workers; phrases overworn by repetition.

Etymology

Origin of overwear

First recorded in 1570–80; over- + wear

Example Sentences

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He lumbered between courtrooms with his cane and black leather bag, in a black suit he insisted on always wearing until he was acquitted, the jacket shiny in places from overwear.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2021

We were thin, with faces burned, withered, frozen and torn in fissures, with clothes ugly from overwear.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.

I have also with him leggings of heavier cloth for overwear.

From The first New Testament printed in English by

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