ausgedient

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German

Participle

ausgedient

  1. past participle of ausdienen

Adjective

ausgedient (strong nominative masculine singular ausgedienter, not comparable)

  1. worn out; disused, defunct
    Synonyms: abgewetzt, abgenutzt
    • 2022 February 26, Heike Holdinghausen, “Mehr Solarstrom, mehr Solarmüll”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN, page 42:
      Aktuell entstehen aus ausgedienten Anlagen im Jahr bundesweit rund 10.000 Tonnen Schrott.
      Currently, around 10,000 tons of scrap are produced nationwide from disused systems.
  2. (military, dated) retired; emeritus

Further reading

  • ausgedient” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • ausgedient” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon