washed up
No longer relevant
Washed up describes someone whose success or career has ended, typically implying they were once prominent but are now past their prime: He's a washed-up actor doing car commercials.
The image is of something deposited on shore by waves—stranded, no longer in the current.
Often used dismissively or as an insult.
Former notable, now irrelevant
- fadedLost original color
- decliningDecreasing in strength
- irrelevantNot pertinent
- forgottenNo longer recalled
obsolete · burnout · fallen star · career · comeback · yesterday's news · flameout · peaked
has-been
Former notable, now irrelevant
- fadedLost original color
- decliningDecreasing in strength
- irrelevantNot pertinent
forgotten · obsolete · burnout · fallen star · career · comeback · yesterday's news · flameout · peaked · sidelined
stranded
Left without means to leave
- driftwoodSea-delivered shore lumber
- flotsamDebris from wrecked vessels
- jetsamGoods deliberately discarded at sea
shoreline · seaweed · debris · castaway · marooned · ashore · tide · wreckage · seashell · kelp
- reputationreputation, reputable, bad reputation, repute, disreputable
- laundrydryer, clothes dryer, fold, rinse, spin cycle
- age slanggeezer, codger, coot, old fart, old timer
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- famefame, famous, celebrity, renown, famed
- financial ruinbankrupt, bankruptcy, bust, busted, broke
washed uprising star
Emerging person of promise
up-and-coming · on the rise · ascendant · hot · in demand
wash, washing, washed, unwashed, washer, washes, washable, washcloth, dishwasher