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care⋅worn

[kair-wawrn, -wohrn]
–adjective
showing signs of care or worry; fatigued by trouble or anxiety; haggard: a careworn old woman.

Origin:
1820–30; care + worn
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care·worn   (kâr'wôrn', -wōrn')   
adj.  Showing the effects of worry, anxiety, or burdensome responsibility: the parent's careworn face.
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