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Discover LudwigThe word "washed-up" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is an adjective that is typically used to describe someone who was formerly successful in their career or field, but who is no longer thriving. For example, "The once-celebrated actor is now a washed-up has-been who can barely get work."
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He allowed himself to be camp, funny, washed-up Rupert.
I know: I was that washed-up unfortunate once.
Kitsch is the big surf of washed-up popular culture.
Dad is a dangerously stingy, washed-up actor.
A washed-up whale in Florida.
How about a series about a washed-up golfer?
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WASHED UP: Beach goers discovered a dead blue whale washed up on a beach near Tokyo, Japan.
Washed up.
Jellyfish washed up.
You're washed up, I'm washed up.
He looked washed up.
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