worn-out

[ wawrn-out, wohrn- ]

/ ˈwɔrnˈaʊt, ˈwoʊrn- /

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adjective

worn or used beyond repair.

depleted of energy, strength, or enthusiasm; exhausted; fatigued.

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Origin of worn-out

First recorded in 1585–95

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But millennials are simply rejecting the worn-out trappings and organizations of the Establishment—and quite right too.
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President Dwight Eisenhower was regarded as a worn-out old soldier when he turned over the presidency to JFK in 1961.
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To those well-meant but worn-out bromides I say, first, what wild?
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Toy Story belonged to worn-out Woody not brand-new Buzz Lightyear.
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A: [Laughs] I consider myself a conservative, you know, it's a worn-out phrase, in the Reagan tradition.
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She went to bed, worn-out by anxiety and fear—a fear that had made her remain in the laboratory as late as possible.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room|Gaston Leroux
The Papey, a house for worn-out priests, was in Bevis Marks.
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We hoped to find some cheap method of restoring nitrogen and phosphorus to the worn-out soil which our poor peasants till.
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The butterflies frequent open fields, and are sometimes exceedingly abundant in worn-out lands in the Southern States.
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Perhaps it was a worn-out virtue, left to the bas-peuple—to the vulgar—and to animals?
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British Dictionary definitions for worn-out

worn-out

adjective (worn out when postpositive)

worn or used until threadbare, valueless, or useless

exhausted; very weary

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worn-out

adjective

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worn-out

adjective (worn out when postpositive)