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SHOPWORN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does shopworn mean?

• SHOPWORN (adjective)
The adjective SHOPWORN has 2 senses:

1. worn or faded from being on display in a store
2. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Familiarity information: SHOPWORN used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SHOPWORN (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Worn or faded from being on display in a store

Synonyms:

shopsoiled; shopworn

Context example:

shopworn merchandise at half price

Similar:

worn (affected by wear; damaged by long use)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Synonyms:

banal; trite; timeworn; threadbare; stock; old-hat; hackneyed; shopworn; tired; well-worn; commonplace

Context 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'

Similar:

unoriginal (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual)

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