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单词 shopworn
释义

shopworn

adjective

shop·​worn ˈshäp-ˌwȯrn How to pronounce shopworn (audio)
1
: faded, soiled, or otherwise impaired by remaining too long in a store
2
: stale from excessive use or familiarity
shopworn clichés
3
: worn-out
a shopworn veteran

Synonyms

  • banal
  • cliché
  • cliche
  • clichéd
  • cobwebby
  • commonplace
  • hack
  • hackney
  • hackneyed
  • moth-eaten
  • musty
  • obligatory
  • stale
  • stereotyped
  • threadbare
  • timeworn
  • tired
  • trite
  • well-worn
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Example Sentences

the shopworn suggestion to job applicants to “just be yourself”
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Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1

shopworn

adjective

as in cliche
used or heard so often as to be dull the shopworn suggestion to job applicants to "just be yourself"

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • cliche
  • tired
  • stereotyped
  • hackneyed
  • timeworn
  • commonplace
  • clichéd
  • cliché
  • trite
  • old
  • banal
  • stale
  • threadbare
  • usual
  • typical
  • obligatory
  • well-worn
  • boring
  • musty
  • cardboard
  • hackney
  • cobwebby
  • conventional
  • tiring
  • hack
  • moth-eaten
  • dull
  • derivative
  • standard
  • platitudinous
  • dusty
  • unimaginative
  • weary
  • unoriginal
  • bromidic
  • ordinary
  • wearying
  • uninspired
  • imitative
  • stock
  • rote
  • heavy
  • tiresome
  • vapid
  • wearisome
  • pedestrian
  • normal
  • drab
  • prosaic
  • canned
  • uninteresting
  • stodgy
  • tedious
  • dry
  • monotonous
  • humdrum
  • jejune
  • routine
  • ponderous
  • leaden
  • dreary
  • tried-and-true
  • tame
  • ready-made
  • drudging
  • barren
  • cookie-cutter
  • colorless
  • arid
  • stuffy
  • pedantic
  • flat
  • twice-told
  • platitudinal
  • ho-hum
  • undramatic
  • old-fashioned
  • numbing
  • old hat
  • jading
  • mind-numbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • new
  • original
  • unhackneyed
  • fresh
  • novel
  • exciting
  • interesting
  • intriguing
  • enlivening
  • unfamiliar
  • stimulating
  • galvanizing
  • energizing
  • riveting
  • atypical
  • involving
  • engaging
  • animating
  • unusual
  • engrossing
  • gripping
  • strange
  • absorbing
  • unclichéd
  • unknown
  • uncommon
  • extraordinary
  • invigorating
  • unaccustomed
  • unprecedented
  • pioneering
  • unheard-of
  • pathbreaking
  • trailblazing
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