"war weary" meaning in English

See war weary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: war wearier [comparative], more war weary [comparative], war weariest [superlative], most war weary [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} war weary (comparative war wearier or more war weary, superlative war weariest or most war weary)
  1. Alternative form of war-weary Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: war-weary
    Sense id: en-war_weary-en-adj-AYGy9EPt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1973 March 27, Francis Greenlief (witness), “Department of the Air Force: Reprogramming [Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard: Reprogramming Request 73-21 P/A]”, in Second Supplemental Appropriation Bill, 1973: Hearings before Subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, First Session: Part 3: Department of Defense, Supplemental Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 1973: Reprogrammings […], Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 946:",
          "text": "Sir, we are getting more modern equipment. In some cases the equipment we are receiving is a little war weary. It does take some rebuilding and repair. [...] [W]e are doing everything we can with Air Force assistance to bring up the level of maintenance of those aircraft that are a little war weary.",
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          "ref": "2014, James F. Dunnigan, Albert A. Nofi, Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War, →ISBN:",
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          "ref": "2016, Brian Astwood, The Haunting of D.I. Stone, →ISBN:",
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          "ref": "1973 March 27, Francis Greenlief (witness), “Department of the Air Force: Reprogramming [Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard: Reprogramming Request 73-21 P/A]”, in Second Supplemental Appropriation Bill, 1973: Hearings before Subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, First Session: Part 3: Department of Defense, Supplemental Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 1973: Reprogrammings […], Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 946:",
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