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outworn

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out·worn  (out-wôrn, -wrn)
v.
Past participle of outwear.
adj.
No longer acceptable, usable, or practical: an outworn penal code; outworn clothes.
outworn [ˈaʊtwɔːn ˌaʊtˈwɔːn]
adj
no longer accepted, used, believed, etc.; obsolete or outmoded
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outworn
adjective outdated, passé, old-fashioned, tired, exhausted, worn-out, stale, obsolete, out-of-date, defunct, archaic, disused, unfashionable, antiquated, outmoded, threadbare, hackneyed, overused, behind the times, superannuated, out of style, unhip (slang), démodé (French), out of the ark (informal) stubbornly clinging to outworn traditions
new, the new, recent, fresh, up to date, modish, du jour (French), culty
Translations
outworn [aʊtˈwɔːn]
A. PP of outwear
B. ADJ [expression] → trillado, manido; [idea, custom] → anticuado, caduco; [joke, slogan] → muy viejo, muy visto; [superstition] → viejo, antiguo
outworn [ˈaʊtwɔːn] adj (idea, expression) → trito/a; (custom) → sorpassato/a
outworn [ˈaʊtwɔːn] adj (idea, expression) → trito/a; (custom) → sorpassato/a


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I am perfectly willing to be rated low for my preference, and yet I think that if it had been Goldoni's luck to have had the great age of a mighty monarchy for his scene, instead of the decline of an outworn republic, his place in literature might have been different.
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--Indeed, I believe that none but greenhorns and excessively Russian people feel an attraction towards the French; for, to any man of sensibility, such a compendium of outworn forms--a compendium which is built up of drawing-room manners, expansiveness, and gaiety--becomes at once over-noticeable and unbearable.
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till the hide-and-seek has become an irksome, outworn game.
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