"worse for wear" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-worse for wear.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} worse for wear
  1. (idiomatic) In poor physical condition due to long or heavy use. Tags: idiomatic Translations (in poor physical condition due to long or heavy use): acabado (Portuguese), com mau aspecto (Portuguese), em mau estado (Portuguese), потрёпанный (potrjópannyj) (Russian), видавший виды (vidavšij vidy) (Russian), skamfilad (Swedish), åtgången (Swedish), tilltygad (Swedish), medfaren (Swedish), sliten (Swedish), sjaskig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-worse_for_wear-en-adj-YlUm21lW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'in poor physical condition due to long or heavy use': 100 0
  2. (idiomatic) Drunk. Tags: idiomatic Translations (drunk): dronken (Dutch), soûl (French), zmęczony życiem (Polish), alegre (Portuguese), bêbado (Portuguese), embriagado (Portuguese), никакой (nikakoj) (Russian), совсем плохой (sovsem ploxoj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-worse_for_wear-en-adj-z6fuMRDZ Disambiguation of 'drunk': 0 100

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