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Because your wand spends most of its time in your pockets (business wizards), your kitchen counter (stay at home wizards), rolling around your desks (students), and in your hands, it is no wonder that your wandwill eventually become the victim of multiple scratches, abrasions, not to mention loads of nasty finger prints.
Many house witches who have a tendency of leaving their wands in their apron pockets or out on the kitchen counter notice that after a few years, they need to pronounce their incantations louder and louder or articulate their words greatly as their wands' cores are becoming useless.
Wand theft or use of another's wand without their permission is a very serious offense and holds the penalty of 3 years in Azkaban.