damaged goods

: products that are broken, cracked, scratched, etc.

informal : a person who is considered to be no longer desirable or valuable because of something that has happened : a person whose reputation is damaged

◊ This sense of damaged goods is used with a singular verb.

• She hasn't been charged with a crime, but politically she's damaged goods and will never get elected.

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