affected by wear; damaged by long use; worn threads on the screw; a worn suit; the worn pockets on the jacket'

showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; looking careworn as she bent over her mending; her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness; that raddled but still noble face; shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face- Charles Dickens

[ Syn: careworn , drawn , haggard , raddled ]