clapped outadjective
uk/ˌklæpt ˈaʊt/us/ˌklæpt ˈaʊt/mainly UK informalClapped out machines are old and no longer work well:
[ before noun ] She drives a clapped-out old Mini.
used to describe people who are very tired or unhealthy:
I felt too clapped out to go to aerobics last night.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
In bad condition
- battered
- battle-scarred
- be on the skids idiom
- beat up
- blasted
- have seen better days idiom
- hors de combat
- impair
- in good, bad, etc. repair idiom
- kaput
- scuff
- shabby
- shattered
- shop-soiled
- shopworn
- worn out
- worse
- worsen
- wrack
- wrecked
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