1 (of fabric, clothes or colours) no longer brightly coloured, often as a result of frequent washing:
She didn't like jeans that looked too washed out. * a pair of washed-out old jeans * The walls were a washed-out blue colour.
2 (of a person) pale and tired:
He always looks washed out at the end of the week.
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