well-used

English

Adjective

well-used (comparative better-used or more well-used, superlative best-used or most well-used)

1. (attributive) Used a great deal; having seen a lot of use.

   Synonym: oft-used

   • 2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 58:

     For the Skegness line a key issue is summer Saturday capacity. In recent years two HSTs have been deployed on the route in addition to strengthened DMU formations, and these services are very well-used.

Usage notes

Also used both predicatively and attributively as well used; but the hyphenated form should only be used attributively.

Translations

well-used

• Danish: velanvendt
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: velbrukt

  Nynorsk: velbruka, velbrukt

References

• “well used”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.