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dinged

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

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

She accused the committee of a lack of transparency and dinged the Trump administration for limiting the federal government’s ability to investigate human trafficking.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

In the trucking industry, a yearslong postpandemic slide has dinged firms such as metal-component maker NN.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

If the home has consistently been lower priced than surrounding homes, you know that it’s getting dinged for the bus stop.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025

I wasn’t sure why he was so all-fired worried about it—it was already pretty dinged up.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt