shopworn
worn or marred, as goods exposed and handled in a store.
trite; hackneyed.
Origin of shopworn
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How to use shopworn in a sentence
I shouldnt wonder if Id have to look out for an opening that hasnt been offered to every passer-by and become shop-worn.
Heroes of To-Day | Mary R. ParkmanThis superiority is only the more vividly revealed by the shop-worn shoddiness of most of his materials.
A Book of Prefaces | H. L. MenckenIt was published in 1908, eight years before we chanced upon it, shabby and shop worn, its pages still uncut.
The Opium Monopoly | Ellen Newbold La MotteAge brings caution and a lot of shop-worn experience, purchased at the highest market price.
Remarks | Bill NyeThey feel like a bunch of shop-worn lower-case ciphers just ready to be edited into the hell-box.
The Army Mule and Other War Sketches | Henry A. Castle
British Dictionary definitions for shopworn
/ (ˈʃɒpˌwɔːn) /
the US word for shopsoiled
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