washed-up
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Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, the original Clayface was a washed-up actor turned criminal who first appeared in a 1940 issue of “Detective Comics.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Sakunja Salazar is a washed-up influencer who made too much money too fast as a kid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Duvall won his Academy Award in 1983 for playing a washed-up country singer in "Tender Mercies."
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
Like his character, washed-up Formula One racer Sonny Hayes, Pitt is returning to the grandest version of this race by his own volition, with his own set of rules.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2025
“Ammu,” Chacko said, his voice steady and deliberately casual, “is it at all possible for you to prevent your washed-up cynicism from completely coloring everything?”
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
