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ALL meanings of outworn

out·worn
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  • adjective outworn clothing: that no longer fits 1
  • adjective outworn idea: obsolete 1
  • adjective outworn out-of-date, outmoded, or obsolete: outworn ideas; outworn methods. 1
  • adjective outworn worn-out, as clothes. 1
  • adjective outworn exhausted in strength or endurance, as persons. 1
  • verb outworn past participle of outwear. 1
  • verb with object outworn to wear or last longer than; outlast: a well-made product that outwears its competition. 1
  • verb with object outworn to exhaust in strength or endurance: The daily toil had soon outworn him. 1
  • verb with object outworn to outlive or outgrow: Perhaps he will outwear those eccentricities. 1
  • verb with object outworn to wear out; destroy by wearing: A child outwears clothes quickly. 1
  • verb with object outworn to pass (time): trying to outwear the hours by reading. 1
  • noun outworn Out of date. 1
  • adjective outworn If you describe a belief or custom as outworn, you mean that it is old-fashioned and no longer has any meaning or usefulness. 0
  • adjective outworn no longer accepted, used, believed, etc; obsolete or outmoded 0
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