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Adjective(1) used until no longer useful(2) showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering(3) worn until no longer useful

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(1) It's described as a u2018mutinousu2019 version of the 1798 epic, in which the raddled survivor of a crew lost at sea describes the ghastly consequences of shooting an albatross.(2) As it was, the tops all stayed on - which was probably for the best, given the slightly raddled state of the talent on display.(3) This is a poor place in the draw for the rather raddled looking Dutch duo, who will struggle to be remembered by the end of the night.(4) Overcoming initial incredulity and long-standing revulsion for this raddled adventurer, from March 1790 the royal couple paid Mirabeau for support in the Assembly and regular advice.(5) He has the name and voice of a raddled troubadour chasing his dissolution around the American heartland.(6) In places like these you can always find a public park, a neglected patch of grass with a broken bench, a churchyard fully-equipped with raddled drunks.(7) He certainly has the right kind of presence, raffish and raddled , teasing and terrorising.(8) His schtick as an actor - whether playing a newspaper editor, politician or raddled old rock star - is always the same.(9) The newspaper quoted disgruntled, raddled hippies who complained that a police crackdown had squeezed out their regular supplies.(10) Down by the college flats near Darwin, I saw an old and slightly raddled bloke in a dog collar and full priestly garb.(11) She steals the show as Billie Tricks, the raddled night-club hostess.(12) Unlike the raddled anti-heroes who dominate detective drama, Eddie lives harmoniously with his wife, mother and three daughters.(13) The men, middle-aged and raddled by the inevitable broken roads they have travelled, struggle to come to terms with their lives and damaged relationships.(14) Despite her innate warmth - you could toast your hands on her cosy personality - she played her absolute opposite, a raddled 1960s pop singer.(15) Ravaged, raddled , redolent of hard-won experience, his voice sounds like something dreamed up by the Department of Health in order to scare people off smoking.(16) He is the permanent Fool to Gambon's raddled Lear, yet in his refusal to kiss his master reminds us that even the dispossessed have their dignity.
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(1) raddle
Synonyms
Adjective
1. haggard
2. worn
3. careworn
4. drawn


Verb
5. ruddle


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