SHOPWORN


Meaning of SHOPWORN in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective

1. : faded, soiled, or otherwise impaired by remaining too long on display in a store

sell shopworn merchandise at a sizeable discount

2. : deprived of freshness or effectiveness by continuous use or exposure to detrimental influences : bedraggled , jaded

half-melted glaciers of a rather shopworn kind, looking like … dirty corn snow — Christopher Rand

this figure astonishes even a shopworn newspaperman — G.W.Johnson

the tendency to use shopworn clichés — Helen Mustard

Synonyms: see trite

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