outworn

outworn
adj
1. obsolete, disused, lapsed, abandoned, discontinued, discarded, cast aside, rejected; dead, defunct, expired, extinct, wound up, prehistoric, antediluvian; retired, pensioned off, put away, laid on the shelf, neglected, gone to seed; bygone, gone by, past, forgotten.
2. outmoded, antiquated, superannuated, outdated; passe", dated, out-of-date, horse-and-buggy, Inf. has-been, Inf. old hat, Inf. back number; out, out of fashion, old-fashioned, unfashionable, out of style, behind the times; old, antique, archaic, ancient, primitive, aged, moss-grown.
3. worn out, worn, shopworn, second-hand; threadbare, past use, frayed, ragged, shabby, faded, washed-out; decrepit, the worse for wear, deteriorated.
4. tired, weary, fatigued, exhausted, effete; fagged out, played out, spent, Inf. beat, Inf. bushed, U.S. Inf. all tuckered out, Sl. pooped, Inf. dog-tired, dead-tired; ready to drop, on one's last legs, more dead than alive, faint, drooping, enfeebled.

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  • outworn — index obsolete, outdated, outmoded Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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  • outworn — [[t]a͟ʊtwɔ͟ː(r)n[/t]] ADJ If you describe a belief or custom as outworn, you mean that it is old fashioned and no longer has any meaning or usefulness. ...an ancient nation irretrievably sunk in an outworn culture …   English dictionary

  • outworn — adjective Date: 1565 no longer useful or acceptable ; outmoded < an outworn social system > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • outworn — out|worn [ˌautˈwo:n US ˈwo:rn] adj [only before noun] old fashioned, and no longer useful or important →↑worn out ▪ outworn traditions …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • outworn — out|worn [ aut wɔrn ] adjective no longer useful or important: outworn industries …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • outworn — adjective (only before noun) old fashioned, and no longer useful or important: A lot of schools have abolished these outworn traditions …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • outworn — UK [ˌaʊtˈwɔː(r)n] / US [aʊtˈwɔrn] adjective no longer useful or important outworn industries …   English dictionary

  • outworn — adjective a) no longer usable b) worn out …   Wiktionary

  • outworn — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, abjured, antiquated, antique, archaic, dated, dead, deserted, discontinued, disused, done with, extinct, gone out, gone by, not worth saving, obsolescent, obsolete, old, old fashioned, on the shelf, out, out …   Moby Thesaurus

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