damaged goods noun
[plural] 1 : products that are broken, cracked, scratched, etc. 2 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.
▪ She hasn't been charged with a crime, but politically she's damaged goods and will never get elected.
