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单词 outworn
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Definition of outworn in English:

outworn

verbˈaʊtwɔːn
  • past participle of outwear
adjective ˈaʊtwɔːnˌaʊtˈwɔrn
  • 1Out of date.

    outworn prejudices
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Such language is meant, of course, to be redolent of hell and damnation, a caricature of old-time religion and its outworn morality.
    Synonyms
    out of date, outdated, old-fashioned, out of fashion, outmoded, dated, behind the times, ancient, archaic, antiquated, obsolescent, dead, obsolete, disused, defunct, tired, exhausted, stale, hackneyed, superannuated
    French passé
    informal old hat, out of the ark, hacky
    1. 1.1 No longer usable or serviceable because of excessive wear.
      outworn lead flashings
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Even the narrow passageways were clogged with piles of papers stuffed in among outworn printing presses.
      • Not only do they have a large range of new boots but they also offer a trade-in service - outgrown boots, not outworn.

Rhymes

adorn, born, borne, bourn, Braun, brawn, corn, dawn, drawn, faun, fawn, forborne, forewarn, forlorn, freeborn, lawn, lorn, morn, mourn, newborn, Norn, pawn, prawn, Quorn, sawn, scorn, Sean, shorn, spawn, suborn, sworn, thorn, thrawn, torn, Vaughan, warn, withdrawn, worn, yawn
 
 

Definition of outworn in US English:

outworn

ˌaʊtˈwɔrnˌoutˈwôrn
  • past participle of outwear
adjectiveˌaʊtˈwɔrnˌoutˈwôrn
  • 1Out of date.

    outworn prejudices
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Such language is meant, of course, to be redolent of hell and damnation, a caricature of old-time religion and its outworn morality.
    Synonyms
    out of date, outdated, old-fashioned, out of fashion, outmoded, dated, behind the times, ancient, archaic, antiquated, obsolescent, dead, obsolete, disused, defunct, tired, exhausted, stale, hackneyed, superannuated
    1. 1.1 No longer usable or serviceable.
      outworn lead flashings
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Not only do they have a large range of new boots but they also offer a trade-in service - outgrown boots, not outworn.
      • Even the narrow passageways were clogged with piles of papers stuffed in among outworn printing presses.
 
 
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