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o⋅ver⋅worn
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vərˈwɔrn
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o⋅ver⋅wear
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–verb (used with object),
-wore,
-worn,
-wear⋅ing.
to use or wear excessively; wear out; exhaust; tax:
needlessly overwearing her best workers; phrases overworn by repetition.
Origin:
1570–80;
over-
+
wear
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