overwear

From over- +‎ wear.

• IPA^(key): /ˌoʊ.vəɹˈwɛəɹ/

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overwear (third-person singular simple present overwears, present participle overwearing, simple past overwore, past participle overworn)

1. (transitive) To wear out; to exhaust.
2. (transitive) To wear (an item of clothing) too frequently.
   • 1966, Family Perspective, volumes 1-4, page 37:

     Because permanent press garments remain fresh looking, there is a tendency to overwear them, thus permitting them to become too heavily soiled.

• (wear out): exhaust, tax, wear

From over- +‎ -wear.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ.vəɹˌwɛəɹ/

overwear (uncountable)

1. outer clothing

• outerwear

• overawer