What does outworn mean?
Outworn means past participle of outwear.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
past participle of outwear.
My sister gave away her shoes from when she was little, having outworn them.
Unlasting passion, soon outworn conceit, Whereon I built, and on so dureless trust!
Gleaming shell of an outworn lie; fable of Right divine— You gained your crowns by heritage, but Blood was the price of mine.
Side by side with the dieselisation of C.I.E., the replacement of outworn carriages by modern steel stock was initiated.
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.
Use outworn when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Outworn means past participle of outwear.
Common synonyms include antiquated, disused, outdated.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
My sister gave away her shoes from when she was little, having outworn them.
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