different between depleted vs roadworn

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??pli?t?d/

Adjective

depleted (not comparable)

1. Used up, expended; of which nothing is left.

   The depleted aerosol can would spray no more since there was no propellant left.

Translations

Verb

depleted

1. simple past tense and past participle of deplete

English

Etymology

road +? worn

Adjective

roadworn (comparative more roadworn, superlative most roadworn)

1. Worn out by long travel on roads, or (figuratively) in a damaged or depleted state due to constant or prolonged usage or exertion.
   • 2001, Mark Anthony, The Dark Remains, Bantam Spectra (2001), ?ISBN, page 10:

     Now that they were close, Lirith could see the vehicles were more than a little roadworn: wood cracked, gilt peeled, and dust flecked sun-faded paint.

   • 2003, James Francis Warren, Rickshaw Coolie: A People's History of Singapore, 1880-1940, Singapore University Press (2003), ?ISBN, page 275:

     When he was just beyond the house Kwan Moh Kia dropped down between the shafts, on that March afternoon in 1906, when his aorta exploded like a roadworn tyre.

   • 2011, Elizabeth C. Bunce, Liar's Moon, Arthur A. Levine Books (2011), ?ISBN, page 192:

     He looked roadworn and weary, but intact and as robust as I remembered him, considering his injury.

See also

• wayworn