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damaged adj.
worn adj.

ADJECTIVE

damaged

Synonyms

STRONGEST

flawed impaired injured run-down

STRONG

bent blemished busted down flubbed gone hurt marred shot snafued spoiled sunk totaled

WEAK

beat-up fouled-up glitched imperfect in need of repair in poor condition in smithereens kaput loused up messed-up mucked up no-go on the blink on the fritz out of action out of kilter out of whack screwed-up unsound

Antonyms

STRONGEST

healthy

WEAK

OK fixed mended perfect repaired unbroken undamaged working

ADJECTIVE

worn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

frayed shabby tattered threadbare timeworn well-worn

STRONG

beat bushed busted consumed depleted destroyed deteriorated drained drawn exhausted fatigued gone jaded overused overworked pinched ragged ruined shot spent stale the worse for wear tired totaled wearied weary

WEAK

burned out clichéd effete hackneyed had it haggard kaput knocked out old pegged out played-out pooped tired out used-up useless wiped-out worn-down worn-out wrung out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fresh new

STRONG

energetic energized intact invigorated lively refreshed rested restored unused

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The publication dinged the compact SUV for its lack of driving aids.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

“We run a six-man rotation, and I just don’t want him to get dinged for not making a couple more starts that he potentially could have had,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Rising yields offer a chance for new investors to jump in, but existing investors get dinged as their older lower-yielding bonds decline in value.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

A suspicious spike in oil markets, Meta gets dinged, and OpenAI scraps Sora.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2026

The elevator dinged and Macon stepped out with the suitcases.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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