played out
Past its prime
Played out describes something that has been exhausted or run its course.
A played-out mine has no more ore worth extracting.
A played-out trend or idea has lost its freshness and cultural relevance: That style is completely played out.
The phrase can also describe a person who is tired or spent: After the double shift, I was played out.
Lacking energy, needing rest
- hackneyedOverused and unoriginal
- overusedEmployed too frequently
- staleNo longer fresh
- wornDamaged by use
trite · banal · unoriginal · derivative · predictable · shopworn · threadbare · formulaic
tired
Lacking energy, needing rest
worn · trite · banal · unoriginal · derivative · predictable · shopworn · threadbare · formulaic · overdone
spent
Exhausted or disbursed
done · kaput · over · run-down · empty · sapped · fatigued · dead
- 90s Slangall that, as if, da bomb, the bomb, dope
- exhaustedtired, weary, exhausted, drained, fatigued
- washed-uphas-been, over the hill, past prime, finished, done
- Civil War Slangskedaddle, Johnny Reb, bluebelly, grayback, copperhead
- kept goingcontinued, lasted, persisted, endured, carried on
played outfresh
Newly made, not stale
original · new · novel · innovative · cutting-edge
played outvital
Essential or sustaining existence
energized · vibrant · invigorated · refreshed · rejuvenated
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