hard-wearing

adjective

1. resilient, durable, and tough

Example Sentences

The Cabot family has been knitting all manner of hard-wearing, guaranteed-for-life merino wool socks in their Northfield, Vt., factory since 2004, and it seems like every year since a pair has found its way into my stocking.

From Los Angeles Times

"Our branch colleagues are the public face of the bank, so what they wear does not only need to reflect the brand, it needs to look good, be practical, comfortable and hard-wearing, while taking into account specific human needs like those who are pregnant or going through the menopause."

From BBC

Manufacturers will have to ensure their clothes are eco-friendly and hard-wearing.

From BBC

They’re made of hard-wearing PBT plastic, their backlit legends are clean and crisp, and they have a nice bold font that doesn’t feel too angular or aggressive like you find with other gaming-focused brands.

From The Verge

The keycaps are made of hard-wearing PBT plastic and with dye-sublimated legends, but I’m not a huge fan of their color scheme overall.

From The Verge

Related Words

• dependable
• usable