worn-out
worn or used beyond repair.
depleted of energy, strength, or enthusiasm; exhausted; fatigued.
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How to use worn-out in a sentence
But millennials are simply rejecting the worn-out trappings and organizations of the Establishment—and quite right too.
There’s Nothing Wrong With Being Your Best Selfie | Nick Gillespie | March 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCritics who are less bullish on The Crazy Ones bemoan all of this, protesting that the Robin Williams shtick is worn out.
‘The Michael J. Fox Show’ & Robin Williams’s ‘The Crazy Ones’ Are Fall’s Best New Sitcoms | Kevin Fallon | September 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd you probably watched it so many times your VHS tape got too worn out to play.
‘Free Willy’ Turns 20: Catching Up With Star Jason James Richter | Kevin Fallon | July 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd when I try to do something, we get nothing but opposition, based upon old, worn out BS.
Dickens died young, at 58, worn out from overwork, from the sheer strain of being himself.
Her worn-out blue petticoat is lighted up by a moonbeam; in her hand she appears to have a hoe.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementBut all you can think of are the horror stories about the worn out genes of Earth.
Sense of Obligation | Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)It is at best but a worn-out scarecrow shaking its vain rags in the wind.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThe gallant General is not the only one who is worn out with this hopeless task.
He is actually climbing the roof, to make sure every old, worn-out shingle is replaced by a new one.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
British Dictionary definitions for worn-out
worn or used until threadbare, valueless, or useless
exhausted; very weary
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