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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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