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adj
Of a product in a retail store: damaged from being on display and handled by customers, etc.; shop-soiled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Not fresh or new.
Of an idea, a piece or writing, etc.: repeated so often as to have become uninteresting; clichéd, overused, tired.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: shop-soiled, timeworn, banal, bathetic, bromidic, cheesy, stock, clichéd, commonplace, corny, dog-eared, hackneyed, hoary, overdone, overused, overworked, pat, played out, shopworn, stale, threadbare, tired, trite, warmed-over, well-worn
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Not fresh or new.
Of an object: faded, shabby.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: shop-soiled, timeworn
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
worn or faded from being on display in a store
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: shopsoiled
Antonyms: none provided
History
From shop (noun) + worn (adjective).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
