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Of fruit or other food, eaten by worms, especially having a worm inside. / (by extension) Rotten or decrepit.

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worm-eaten

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Source Word

worm-eaten

broadly

Of fruit or other food, eaten by worms, especially having a worm inside. / (by extension) Rotten or decrepit.

Japanese Meaning

果物やその他の食品が虫に食われた状態、特に食品内部に虫が含まれている場合を指す。 / 転じて、腐敗している、または老朽化している状態を示す。

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She hesitated before eating the worm-eaten pear, not sure if it was safe.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は虫食いの洋梨を食べるのをためらい、それが安全かどうか確信が持てなかった。

Sense（1）

Of fruit or other food, eaten by worms, especially having a worm inside.

Once upon a time there was a lad, who went along a road cracking nuts. He happened to find one which was worm-eaten, and shortly afterwards he met the devil.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

(by extension) Rotten or decrepit.

more worm-eaten

（ comparative ）

most worm-eaten

（ superlative ）

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