25B6; adjective
a worn-out shirt. : See worn sense 1.
by evening they looked worn out : EXHAUSTED, fatigued, tired (out), weary, drained, worn, drawn, wan, sapped, spent; careworn, haggard, hollow-eyed, pinched, pale, peaky; informal all in, done in, dog-tired, dead beat, fit to drop, shattered; Brit. informal knackered; N. Amer. informal pooped, tuckered out.
worn-out ideas : OBSOLETE, antiquated, old, stale, hackneyed, trite, overused, overworked, clichéd, unoriginal, commonplace, pedestrian, prosaic, stock, conventional; informal played out, old hat.
smart, fresh.