wearout

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noun

The process or the result of wearing out.

“With inefficient workmen, which means breaks and wearouts, repairs may cost over $1,000.”

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Meanings

nounwearout (countable and uncountable, plural wearouts)

plural wearouts

  1. countableuncountableThe process or the result of wearing out.

    With inefficient workmen, which means breaks and wearouts, repairs may cost over $1,000.

    1 more example

    "In other words, there is substantially no wearout effect during this period."

    2012, Carl Heyel, The Foreman/Supervisor’s Handbook - Page 76

Origin

From wear + out, from the phrasal verb.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

outwear
Cite this entry
APA

wearout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wearout

MLA

“wearout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wearout. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wearout,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wearout.

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