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shopworn
shop·worn S0360500 (shŏp′wôrn′)adj.1. Tarnished, frayed, faded, or otherwise defective from being on display in a store.2. Worn-out, as from overuse; trite: shopworn anecdotes.shopworn (ˈʃɒpˌwɔːn) adj the US word for shopsoiledshop•worn (ˈʃɒpˌwɔrn, -ˌwoʊrn)
adj. 1. worn or marred, as goods exposed and handled in a store. 2. trite; hackneyed. [1870–75] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | shopworn - worn or faded from being on display in a store; "shopworn merchandise at half price"shopsoiledworn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket" | | 2. | shopworn - repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "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'"hackneyed, old-hat, stock, threadbare, timeworn, banal, trite, well-worn, tired, commonplaceunoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham |
shopwornadjectiveWithout freshness or appeal because of overuse:banal, bromidic, clichéd, commonplace, corny, hackneyed, musty, overused, overworked, platitudinal, platitudinous, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, warmed-over, well-worn, worn-out.shopworn
Synonyms for shopwornadj without freshness or appeal because of overuseSynonyms- banal
- bromidic
- clichéd
- commonplace
- corny
- hackneyed
- musty
- overused
- overworked
- platitudinal
- platitudinous
- stale
- stereotyped
- stereotypic
- stereotypical
- threadbare
- timeworn
- tired
- trite
- warmed-over
- well-worn
- worn-out
Synonyms for shopwornadj worn or faded from being on display in a storeSynonymsRelated Wordsadj repeated too oftenSynonyms- hackneyed
- old-hat
- stock
- threadbare
- timeworn
- banal
- trite
- well-worn
- tired
- commonplace
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