worn-out
adjUK /ˈwɔːn.aʊt/ · US /ˈwɔɹnˌaʊt/
Etymology From worn (adjective; and past participle of wear) + out.
1
Damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful.
- There is no challenge in fighting a worn-out old man.
- He still wears his old worn-out shoes.
2 more examples
- You can barely read the worn-out logo on those shoes.
- Her feet were frosted from exposure, in her old worn-out shoes, and it was only a question of time as to when she would succumb and be carried to the hospital.1888, Donn Piatt, “The Sales-Lady of the City”, in The Lone Grave of the Shenandoah and Other Tales, Chicago, Ill.; […]: Belford, Clarke & Co., →OCLC, page 91:
2
Of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion.
- The worn-out soccer players lined up to congratulate the other team.