worn-out
[wawrn-out, wohrn-]
- worn or used beyond repair.
- depleted of energy, strength, or enthusiasm; exhausted; fatigued.
Show More
Origin of worn-out
First recorded in 1585–95
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Related Words
decrepitdestroyeddeteriorateddrainedeffetehackneyedimpairedsereshabbyshotspentstaletatteredthreadbaretiredtriteuseduselessoverusedetiolatedExamples from the Web for worn-out
Contemporary Examples
But millennials are simply rejecting the worn-out trappings and organizations of the Establishment—and quite right too.
President Dwight Eisenhower was regarded as a worn-out old soldier when he turned over the presidency to JFK in 1961.
To those well-meant but worn-out bromides I say, first, what wild?
Toy Story belonged to worn-out Woody not brand-new Buzz Lightyear.
A: [Laughs] I consider myself a conservative, you know, it's a worn-out phrase, in the Reagan tradition.
Historical Examples
No thought of brushing their worn-out, unmended boots ever entered their minds.
Ester Ried Yet SpeakingIsabella Alden
Tom and the worn-out stool had held together through it all.
Life And Adventures Of Martin ChuzzlewitCharles Dickens
And he was too worn-out and sleepy to think much of what he had heard.
Great Uncle Hoot-TootMrs. Molesworth
Try to picture it, oh, worn-out and blasé frequenter of play and opera!
The First ViolinJessie Fothergill
They had gone into a shop where the worn-out and used-up woman had bought some shrimps.
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
worn-out
- worn or used until threadbare, valueless, or useless
- exhausted; very weary
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012