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Meanings of worn-out in English

Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted.

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Used until no longer useful.

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Examples for "raddled"
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The narcotic- and agony-raddled memories of the punishment factory had assaulted him.
The Scar
2
They had seen, perhaps, the raddled face of some final awful retribution.
The stand
3
Thompson all but steals the show as his raddled but protective mother.
The Guardian
4
Compared with the others, these were small, but raddled with damage.
Enclave
5
The last of the free wizards crept through the raddled landscape like ghosts.
Hidden Warrior
Usage of worn-out in English
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It also takes up the old worn-out particles; this makes it impure.
Object Lessons on the Human Body / A Transcript of Lessons Given...
2
Just like herself: tired, worn-out, never any good even to start with.
Darkness
3
Age and sorrow weigh with a double weight on his worn-out body.
Camille
4
He pointed in different directions, looking with disgust on the worn-out men.
The apocalypse reader
5
Her little feet in the shabby, worn-out shoes scarcely touched the floor.
The Dark House
6
A worthy project, to help people with worn-out hearts or failed kidneys.
The Naked God
7
It would also be the repetition of a worn-out and wearisome story.
A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee
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So we started to create the same shape as the worn-out knife.
Cooking for geeks: real science, great hacks, and good food
9
Upcycle it: Some worn-out clothes make ideal patches for less wornout clothes.
Climbing Magazine
10
Now, with worn-out men and horses, twenty miles was a serious matter.
Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoir...
11
You're some kind of worn-out deity, probably reduced to a single devotee.
Rogues
12
I offer it, as totally new, to the worn-out dramatists of France.
The Woman in White
13
Its work is done, and nature has given the worn-out body rest.
Mizora: A Prophecy / A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of th...
14
The car with its coughing engine and its worn-out shock absorbers disappears.
The eye of the leopard
15
Countless open doors and windows thronged with innumerable pallid and worn-out faces.
The Jewish State
16
This creates great quantities of worn-out cell materials and other morbid substances.
Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease...
Worn-out through the time