washed-up

[wosht-uhp, wawsht-]

adjective

Informal.

1. done for; having failed completely.

washed up

adjective

1. no longer useful, successful, hopeful, etc

   our hopes for the new deal are all washed up

2. exhausted

Word History and Origins

Origin of washed up¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Idioms and Phrases

see wash up, def. 3.

Example Sentences

No amount of protest-too-much screeching from Cheung, which included calling White “washed-up,” can conceal that of course the rock god is far, far cooler than Cheung could ever hope to be in a million years.

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Like his character, washed-up Formula One racer Sonny Hayes, Pitt is returning to the grandest version of this race by his own volition, with his own set of rules.

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Two days after the Dodgers released a washed-up Chris Taylor, he was starting in center field for the Angels.

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On the most basic level, “Stick” is about a prematurely washed-up golfer who takes a teen prodigy under his wing and on the road.

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Co-writer Dylan plays Jack Fate, a washed-up musician enlisted by John Goodman’s Uncle Sweetheart to join a motley crew of circus acts and con artists for a benefit concert.

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