wearout
Deplete through use
Wearout is the process of something becoming unusable through prolonged use or exposure.
In marketing, it describes when an advertisement loses effectiveness from overexposure—audiences stop responding after seeing the same message too many times: The campaign showed signs of wearout after six months.
Also spelled wear-out or wear out.
Grow worse over time
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- erodeDiminish through persistent friction
- corrodeDestroy through chemical action
- degradeLower in standing
crumble · disintegrate · rust · tarnish · rot · decompose · perish · dilapidate
Weariness from prolonged exertion
- tirednessState of needing rest
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- wearyDeeply tired, spent
- drainedEmptied of resources
spent · overworked · enervated · depleted · run-down · prostration · debilitation · collapse
Ripped and worn out
moth-eaten · scuffed · distressed · patched · faded · seam · rip · tear
No longer in use
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- replacedRemoved and substituted
- discardedGotten rid of
retired · old-fashioned · dated · defunct · redundant · disused · mothballed · bygone
deteriorate
Grow worse over time
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- erodeDiminish through persistent friction
- corrodeDestroy through chemical action
degrade · crumble · disintegrate · rust · tarnish · rot · decompose · perish · dilapidate · atrophy
fatigue
Weariness from prolonged exertion
drained · spent · overworked · enervated · depleted · run-down · prostration · debilitation · collapse · weakness
tattered
Ripped and worn out
holey · moth-eaten · scuffed · distressed · patched · faded · seam · rip · tear · unravel
outdated
No longer in use
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- replacedRemoved and substituted
discarded · retired · old-fashioned · dated · defunct · redundant · disused · mothballed · bygone · unfashionable