worn out

See also: worn-out

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English

Adjective

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

1. Damaged and useless due to hard or continued use.

   That old tractor is worn out.

   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.

2. Exhausted or fatigued from exertion.

   I was worn out after all that work.

   That game was fun, but now I'm all worn out.

Synonyms

• (damaged due to use): outworn; See also Thesaurus:deteriorated
• (exhausted from exertion): tired: See also Thesaurus:fatigued

Translations

damaged and useless due to hard or continued use

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 破舊 (zh), 破旧 (zh) (pòjiù), 破爛 (zh), 破烂 (zh) (pòlàn)

• French: usé (fr)
• German: abgenutzt (de)
• Irish: seanchaite
• Italian: usurato (it) m, consunto (it) m, consumato (it) m, logoro (it) m
• Japanese: 使い古した (つかいふるした, tsukaifurushita), ぼろぼろ (boroboro), おんぼろ (ja) (onboro)
• Maori: taiwherū, nonewa, petapeta (of clothing)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utslitt, nedslitt

  Nynorsk: utsliten

• Polish: zużyty (pl), zniszczony (pl)
• Portuguese: gasto (pt)
• Russian: изно́шенный (ru) (iznóšennyj), обветша́лый (ru) (obvetšályj), потёртый (ru) (potjórtyj)
• Swedish: utsliten (sv), uttjänad

exhausted from exertion

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 筋疲力盡 (zh), 筋疲力尽 (zh) (jīnpílìjìn)

• French: épuisé (fr), claqué (fr) (familiar), crevé (fr) (familiar)
• German: erschöpft (de), schlapp (de)
• Irish: tuirseach traochta
• Italian: spossato (it) m, stanco (it) m, distrutto (it) m, esausto (it) m
• Japanese: ぼろぼろ (boroboro)
• Maori: nonewa, taiwherū, wherū (refers to people and animals)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utslitt, utkjørt, nedslitt

  Nynorsk: utsliten

• Polish: zmęczony (pl), wymęczony, padnię (colloquial)
• Portuguese: exausto (pt), moído (pt)
• Russian: изму́ченный (ru) (izmúčennyj), изнурённый (ru) (iznurjónnyj), (exhausted) истощённый (ru) (istoščónnyj)
• Swedish: utmattad (sv)

Verb

worn out

1. past participle of wear out

   He has worn out his shoes.

See also

• outworn
• wear
• wear away
• wear down
• wear off
• wear thin

Anagrams

• outworn