 shopworn |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] worn or faded from being on display in a store | |
| Synonyms: | shopsoiled | |
| Examples: | "shopworn merchandise at half price" |
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| Related terms: | worn | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | |
| Synonyms: | timeworn hackneyed trite stock threadbare tired old-hat well-worn commonplace banal | |
| Examples: | "bromidic sermons" "his remarks were trite and commonplace" "hackneyed phrases" "a stock answer" "repeating threadbare jokes" "parroting some timeworn axiom" "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" |
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| Related terms: | unoriginal | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | |
| Synonyms: | hackneyed stock trite threadbare timeworn well-worn commonplace tired banal | |
| Examples: | "bromidic sermons" "his remarks were trite and commonplace" "hackneyed phrases" "a stock answer" "repeating threadbare jokes" "parroting some timeworn axiom" "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" |
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| Related terms: | unoriginal | |
| Similar spelling: |
shipworm |
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