Meanings
adjectiveworn-out (comparative more worn-out, superlative most worn-out)
comparative more worn-out · superlative most worn-out
- Damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful.
He still wears his old worn-out shoes.
3 more examples
There is no challenge in fighting a worn-out old man.
You can barely read the worn-out logo on those shoes.
Her feet were frosted from exposure, in her old worn-out shoes, and it was only a question of time as to when she would succumb and be carried to the hospital.
1888, Donn Piatt, “The Sales-Lady of the City”, in The Lone Grave of the Shenandoah and Other Tales, Chicago, Ill.; […]: Belford, Clarke & Co., →OCLC, page 91Synonyms: outworn, clapped out, damaged, defective, deteriorated, dilapidated, effete, faulty
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful.
adjectiveOf a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivedrained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
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Origin
From worn (adjective; and past participle of wear) + out.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَالٍ
- بَالٍ (bālin)damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
Bulgarian износен, изхабен
- износен (iznosen)damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- изхабен (izhaben)damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- изтощен (iztošten)of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Catalan tronat, deteriorat
- tronatdamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- deterioratdamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- gastatdamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
Chinese Mandarin 破舊 /破旧, 破爛 /破烂
- 破舊 /破旧 (pòjiù)damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- 破爛 /破烂 (pòlàn)damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- 筋疲力盡 /筋疲力尽 (jīnpílìjìn)of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Czech opotřebovaný, obnošený
- opotřebovanýdamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- obnošenýdamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
Danish udslidt, udkørt
- udslidtdamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- udkørtof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- færdigof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- nedslidtof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Esperanto eluzita, elĉerpita
- eluzitadamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- elĉerpitaof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Finnish kulunut, uupunut
- kulunutdamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- uupunutof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
French usé, épuisé
- usédamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- épuiséof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- claquéof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- crevéof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
German abgenutzt, erschöpft
- abgenutztdamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- erschöpftof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- schlappof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Irish seanchaite, tuirseach traochta
- seanchaitedamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- tuirseach traochtaof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Italian usurato, consunto
- usuratodamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- consuntodamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- consumatodamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- logorodamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- spossatoof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- stancoof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- distruttoof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- esaustoof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Japanese 使い古した, ぼろぼろ
- 使い古した (tsukaifurushita)damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- ぼろぼろ (boroboro)damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- おんぼろ (onboro)damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- ぼろぼろ (boroboro)of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Latin trītus, dēfectus
- trītusdamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- dēfectusdamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- effētusof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Māori taiwherū, nonewa
- taiwherūdamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- nonewadamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- petapetadamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- ngawhingawhidamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- waitaudamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- ngawhewhedamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- nonewaof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- taiwherūof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- wherūof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- ngawhingawhiof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Norwegian Bokmål utslitt, nedslitt
- utslittdamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- nedslittdamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- utslittof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- utkjørtof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- nedslittof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Polish zużyty, zniszczony
- zużytydamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- zniszczonydamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- wysłużonydamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- zmęczonyof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- padniętyof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- zużytyof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- wyczerpanyof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Portuguese gasto, desgastado
- gastodamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- desgastadodamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- puídodamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- exaustoof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- moídoof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Russian изно́шенный, обветша́лый
- изно́шенный (iznóšennyj)damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- обветша́лый (obvetšályj)damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- потёртый (potjórtyj)damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- изму́ченный (izmúčennyj)of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- изнурённый (iznurjónnyj)of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- истощённый (istoščónnyj)of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Spanish desgastado, deteriorado
- desgastadodamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- deterioradodamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- gastadodamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- tronadodamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- exhaustoof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- agotadoof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
- hecho fosfatinaof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Swedish utsliten, uttjänad
- utslitendamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- uttjänaddamaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
- utmattadof a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Ukrainian зму́чений
- зму́чений (zmúčenyj)of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
Cite this entry
APA
worn-out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worn-out
MLA
“worn-out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worn-out. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “worn-out,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worn-out.
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