outworn
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3ADJ.
modern, soon, unlasting
VERB + OUTWORN
refute
OUTWORN + NOUN
carriages, conceit, fable, idea, whereon
Definitions
adj
no longer usable
worn out
Unlasting passion, soon outworn conceit, Whereon I built, and on so dureless trust!
Gleaming shell of an outworn lie; fable of Right divine— You gained your crowns by heritage, but Blood was the price of mine.
out of date
Unitarian Universalists urge reflection upon outworn religious assumptions and propose a serious religious alternative that affirms reason, science, human intuition and lived experience as profoundly as it affirms ancient religious traditions.
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4Unlasting passion, soon outworn conceit, Whereon I built, and on so dureless trust!
WiktionaryGleaming shell of an outworn lie; fable of Right divine— You gained your crowns by heritage, but Blood was the price of mine.
WiktionarySide by side with the dieselisation of C.I.E., the replacement of outworn carriages by modern steel stock was initiated.
WiktionaryI don't want to refute this outworn idea.
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