wearing

Definition

Intended to be worn.

Example Sentences

• "Clothes used to be called wearing apparel."
• "[The biography] also displays a rather wearing fidelity to chronology that gives rise to too many summer holidays at the beginning of the book and too many royalty statements towards the end."
• "Comparison of the four bogie designs shows that the Rugby-built A.E.I. bogie has the least number of components and a minimum of metallic wearing surfaces."