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[ adjective ] worn or faded from being on display in a store
Synonyms Examples "shopworn merchandise at half price" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
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'" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Synonyms hackneyed stock trite threadbare timeworn well-worn commonplace tired banal 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'" Related terms |
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