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Princeton's WordNet

  1. raddled, worn-outadjective

    used until no longer useful

    "battered trumpets and raddled radios"; "worn-out shoes with flapping soles"

  2. exhausted, dog-tired, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out(a), worn out(p)adjective

    drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted

    "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out"

Wiktionary

  1. worn outadjective

    Damaged and useless due to hard or continued use.

  2. worn outadjective

    Exhausted or fatigued from exertion.

Wikipedia

  1. worn out

    Wear is the damaging, gradual removal or deformation of material at solid surfaces. Causes of wear can be mechanical (e.g., erosion) or chemical (e.g., corrosion). The study of wear and related processes is referred to as tribology. Wear in machine elements, together with other processes such as fatigue and creep, causes functional surfaces to degrade, eventually leading to material failure or loss of functionality. Thus, wear has large economic relevance as first outlined in the Jost Report. Abrasive wear alone has been estimated to cost 1-4% of the gross national product of industrialized nations.Wear of metals occurs by plastic displacement of surface and near-surface material and by detachment of particles that form wear debris. The particle size may vary from millimeters to nanometers. This process may occur by contact with other metals, nonmetallic solids, flowing liquids, solid particles or liquid droplets entrained in flowing gasses.The wear rate is affected by factors such as type of loading (e.g., impact, static, dynamic), type of motion (e.g., sliding, rolling), temperature, and lubrication, in particular by the process of deposition and wearing out of the boundary lubrication layer. Depending on the tribosystem, different wear types and wear mechanisms can be observed.

ChatGPT

  1. worn out

    "Worn out" refers to something or someone that is exhausted, damaged, or depleted due to overuse, strain, or age. This could include physical objects, such as clothes or machinery, or people who are excessively tired or depleted of energy. It can also be used to describe ideas, strategies, or methods that have been used so much they've lost their effectiveness.

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    Read the full text of the Worn Out poem by Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal on the Poetry.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of worn out in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of worn out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of worn out in a Sentence

  1. Lao Tzu:

    To be worn out is to be renewed.

  2. George Bernard Shaw:

    This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap. Being a force of Nature, instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

  3. Actor Nickolas Nolte:

    I was just worn out, just worn out.

  4. Diego Castillo:

    I think it was just worn out because of the rosin I had consistently touching it.

  5. Robert Gippert:

    The essence of stem-cell treatment is that we can achieve an improvement in the quality of life of patients who cannot be helped by operations or medical treatment, just like in humans, the worn out joint of Igor the tiger will heal due to the regenerative and self-healing effects of stem cells, without the use of external materials.


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  • abgenutzt, erschöpftGerman
  • فرسودهPersian
  • crevé, usé, épuisé, claquéFrench
  • tuirseach traochta, seanchaiteIrish
  • spossato, consunto, consumato, usurato, esausto, stanco, distrutto, logoroItalian
  • ぼろぼろ, 使い古す, おんぼろJapanese
  • petapeta, taiwherū, nonewaMāori
  • wymęczony, zużyty, zmęczony, zniszczony, padniętyPolish
  • изношенный, потёртый, измученный, изнурённый, истощённый, обветшалыйRussian
  • utsliten, uttjänad, utmattadSwedish

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    a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
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