worn-out

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worn-out (comparative more worn-out, superlative most worn-out)

  1. Damaged due to hard or continued use or exposure until no longer useful or effective.
    There is no challenge in fighting a worn-out old man.
    He still wears his old worn-out shoes.
    You can barely read the worn-out logo on those shoes.
    • 1888, Donn Piatt, “The Sales-Lady of the City”, in The Lone Grave of the Shenandoah and Other Tales, Chicago, Ill., []: Belford, Clarke & Co., →OCLC, page 91:
      Her feet were frosted from exposure, in her old worn-out shoes, and it was only a question of time as to when she would succumb and be carried to the hospital.
  2. Exhausted or fatigued from exertion.
    The worn-out soccer players lined up to congratulate the other team.

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