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wearout

wearout noun: the process or the result of wearing out.

Noun

wearout (countable and uncountable, plural wearouts)

  1. The process or the result of wearing out.
    • With inefficient workmen, which means breaks and wearouts, repairs may cost over $1,000.
    • "In other words, there is substantially no wearout effect during this period."2012, Carl Heyel, The Foreman/Supervisor’s Handbook - Page 76

Forms of wearout

pluralwearouts

Origin of wearout

From wear + out, from the phrasal verb.

Questions about wearout

What does wearout mean?
Wearout means the process or the result of wearing out.
What part of speech is wearout?
Wearout is a noun.
What is the plural of wearout?
The plural of wearout is wearouts.

Words near wearout in the dictionary

  1. wearisome
  2. wearisomely
  3. wearisomeness
  4. wearisomenesses
  5. Wearmouth
  6. wearout
  7. wearouts
  8. wearproof
  9. wears
  10. wears and tears
  11. wears away

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