Idiom
worse for wear
Meaning
In poor physical condition due to long or heavy use.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My shoes look worse for wear after the hike.”
“The old sofa was worse for wear after years of kids jumping on it.”
“The family car, once a gleaming source of pride, sat in the driveway worse for wear, its paint faded and bumper dented from a decade of road trips and winters.”
Examples
simple
“My shoes look worse for wear after the hike.”
contextual
“The old sofa was worse for wear after years of kids jumping on it.”
complex
“The family car, once a gleaming source of pride, sat in the driveway worse for wear, its paint faded and bumper dented from a decade of road trips and winters.”
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