outworn
adj1
no longer usable
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worn out
- Unlasting passion, soon outworn conceit, Whereon I built, and on so dureless trust!a. 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, The 21st and Last Book of the Ocean, to Cynthia:
- Gleaming shell of an outworn lie; fable of Right divine— You gained your crowns by heritage, but Blood was the price of mine.1933 January, Robert E[rvin] Howard, “The Scarlet Citadel”, in Weird Tales, volume 21, number 1, epigraph ("The Road of Kings"):
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- Side by side with the dieselisation of C.I.E., the replacement of outworn carriages by modern steel stock was initiated.1960 August, L. Hyland, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 467:
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out of date
- Unitarian Universalists urge reflection upon outworn religious assumptions and propose a serious religious alternative that affirms reason, science, human intuition and lived experience as profoundly as it affirms ancient religious traditions.1986 December 21, F. Jay Deacon, “Emotionally-Laden Prejudice”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 23, page 4:
- Synonyms
- antiquated, disused, outdated
- Derived terms
- unoutworn