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Antonyms for used-up
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : verb yooz or for pt for mof 9, yoost; noun yoos |
Phonetic Transcription : verb yuz or for pt for mof 9, yust; noun yus |
Definition of used-up
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French us, from Latin usus "use, custom, skill, habit," from past participle stem of uti (see use (v.)).
- As in threadbare : adj worn, frayed
- As in trite : adj silly, commonplace
- As in overused : adj trite
- As in platitudinal : adj trite
- As in platitudinous : adj trite
- As in stereotypic : adj trite
- As in stereotypical : adj trite
- As in warmed-over : adj trite
- As in dilapidated : adj falling apart; in ruins
- They had gone into a shop where the worn-out and used-up woman had bought some shrimps.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- He had nothing in him of the used-up man—he was curiously the reverse of the type of the used-up man.
- Extract from : « The Dictator » by Justin McCarthy
- He had been really afraid he was too much "used-up" for such sensations.
- Extract from : « Ruth » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- I wondered if such a used-up mess had ever struck the place before or since.
- Extract from : « Diary of an Enlisted Man » by Lawrence Van Alstyne
- He would deal with the new man who is to succeed the present used-up specimen.
- Extract from : « Iconoclasts » by James Huneker
- It's the best thing could happen to a used-up fellow like me.
- Extract from : « Alice Wilde: The Raftman's Daughter » by Metta V. Victor
- What did she know about old, used-up boots and all that pertains to them?
- Extract from : « True and Other Stories » by George Parsons Lathrop
- It was a used-up party that started for the "Slide" that afternoon.
- Extract from : « The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills » by Janet Aldridge
- Yes, I regret that Miss Light should marry one of these used-up foreigners.
- Extract from : « Roderick Hudson » by Henry James
- So please to look sharp in the matter of landing on the bosom of the used-up, worn-out, and rotten old Parient.
- Extract from : « Yesterdays with Authors » by James T. Fields
Synonyms for used-up
- banal
- bathetic
- battered
- beat up
- beat-up
- broken-down
- bromidic
- chain
- cliché
- clichéd
- common
- commonplace
- cornball
- corny
- crumbling
- crumbly
- crummy
- damaged
- decayed
- decaying
- decrepit
- derelict
- dilapidated
- dingy
- dog-eared
- down-at-the-heel
- drained
- dull
- exhausted
- faded
- fallen-in
- familiar tune
- flat
- frowzy
- hackneyed
- hokey
- impaired
- in a bad way
- injured
- jejune
- marred
- mildewed
- moth-eaten
- musty
- neglected
- old
- old hat
- ordinary
- overused
- overworked
- pedestrian
- platitudinal
- platitudinous
- prosaic
- ragged
- ramshackle
- ratty
- raunchy
- ready-made
- rickety
- rinky-dink
- routine
- run-down
- run-of-the-mill
- scruffy
- seedy
- set
- shabby
- shaky
- shopworn
- slummy
- stale
- stereotyped
- stereotypic
- stereotypical
- stock
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- timeworn
- tired
- tumble-down
- uncared for
- unimproved
- uninspired
- unkempt
- unoriginal
- used
- used-up
- vapid
- warmed-over
- well-worn
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
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