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washed-up Definition

washed·-up (-up′)

adjective

  1. cleaned up
  2. Informal tired; exhausted
  3. ☆ Slang finished; done for; having failed

washed up* Synonyms

washed up*

modif.

finished, defeated, done for*; see ruined 1, 2.

washed-up Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • actor: My guess is that they are washed-up actors who have either had their day, or never really made it in the first place.
  • star: In ' Les Dennis ' , Andy gets a break playing in a panto alongside the washed-up TV star.
  • has-been: Not the bald, poncey, overweight washed-up has-been of today, but the funny, sometime action-man of the 70s and early 80s.