Definition of "overworn" [o•ver•worn]

• Past participle of overwear. (verb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "We can supercharge our talk with n|om, and allow it to spring forth as a different kind of arrow that disrupts and disengages overworn habits of thinking."
• "Her place was unkempt, smelled of overworn laundry and rotting dill."
• "I would like to reiterate my argument that the “Wasteland” cliche is a bit overworn in science fiction."