1 (of a thing) badly damaged and/or no longer useful because it has been used a lot:
These shoes are worn out. * the gradual replacement of worn-out equipment * a speech full of worn-out old cliches
2 [notusuallybeforenoun] (of a person) looking or feeling very tired, especially as a result of hard work or physical exercise:
Can we sit down? I'm worn out.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is worn out a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, worn out is tagged as adjective.
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