worn-out
adjective
Origin of worn-out
Related Words for worn-out
decrepit, destroyed, deteriorated, drained, effete, hackneyed, impaired, sere, shabby, shot, spent, stale, tattered, threadbare, tired, trite, used, useless, overused, etiolatedExamples from the Web for worn-out
Contemporary Examples of worn-out
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 of worn-out
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