1. worm-eaten - Adjective
2. worm-eaten - Adjective Satellite
Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm-eaten timber.
Worn-out; old; worthless.
Source: Webster's dictionaryworm eaten
Having rationalized his economic system, that is, having saturated it with consciousness and planfulness, man will not leave a trace of the present stagnant and worm-eaten domestic life. Leon Trotsky
Do not lean on a worm-eaten staff. Greek Proverb
Salt will never be worm-eaten. Moroccan Proverb