OUTWORN Synonyms: 151 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˌau̇t-ˈwȯrn

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as in obsolete

having passed its time of use or usefulness outworn clothes with holes in them

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verb

past participle of outwear

as in outlived

to last longer than these running shoes have outworn any others that I have ever bought

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as in worn

to use up all the physical energy of a daily grind that would outwear anybody

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Recent Examples of outworn

Adjective

Perhaps that’s the legacy of outworn stereotypes about corruption or a lack of the type of political will that’s brought more rapid changes to corporate governance and sustainable investing standards in, for example, some Nordic countries. —

Cassie Werber, Quartz, 7 June 2022 This colossal tactical error has been compounded by the lingering centrist deference to a long-outworn image of the Supreme Court as a grand impartial arbiter of constitutional outcomes. —

Chris Lehmann, The New Republic, 10 Feb. 2022 So, the high temperature of 62 seemed an obvious anachronism, an outdated and outworn remnant of earlier times. —

Washington Post, 9 May 2021 With his understanding of and affection for the hardy inhabitants of the mountainous American West, Walker-Silverman brings a new and tender radiance to the idea of regional filmmaking, along with an awareness of outworn stereotypes. —

Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 In the week to come use the opportunities and insights that arise to rid yourself of outworn ideas, attitudes and habits. —

Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 11 Aug. 2019 Sartorial inheritance is perhaps innocuous, even if personally significant, whereas conflating outworn ideas of identity with homage is profoundly dangerous. —

Aram Mrjoian, Longreads, 15 June 2019 This was not a forgone conclusion at the time; indeed, during the 1930s, democracy was widely viewed as an outworn political form. —

Taeku Lee, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2013

Recent Examples of Synonyms for outworn

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Technicians will replace obsolete components, including transistors and rectifiers, before rebuilding and testing each unit.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
The six-story, 470,000-square-foot building, bordered by Eighth, Ninth, G and H streets, had long been derided by Sacramento Superior Court and city leaders as too obsolete, undersized, and unsafe to conduct court business.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026