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wearing off

ADJECTIVE

lessening

Synonyms

STRONG

abating declining depreciating diminishing dropping dwindling ebbing lightening lowering moderating narrowing plummeting plunging quieting sagging shrinking sinking slackening slowing slumping softening subsiding waning wasting weakening

WEAK

dying down fading away losing momentum shriveling up wearing down

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A washing machine used by a four-person household can generate up to 500 grams of microplastics each year, largely due to fibers wearing off textiles during washing.

From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2025

"But I have a feeling that the shock and awe is wearing off."

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

And in its 2024 Online Nation report, Ofcom said: "Some analysts speculate that for younger people, particularly Gen Z, the novelty of dating apps is wearing off."

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2025

And the reason I have a pacemaker is that 11 years ago, as the anesthesia was wearing off after the first of two knee replacement surgeries, I went into cardiac arrest, flat-lined and was resuscitated.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2024

Exhaling slowly, I rip everything I’m wearing off; the booties and the cap and the face mask and the scrubs and the gown.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

wearing off

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