shopworn

[shop-wawrn, ‑-wohrn]

adjective

1. worn worn or marred, as goods exposed and handled in a store.

2. trite; hackneyed.

shopworn

/ ˈʃɒpˌwɔːn /

adjective

1. the US word for shopsoiled

Word History and Origins

Origin of shopworn¹

First recorded in 1870–75; shop + worn

Example Sentences

“Gone Before Goodbye” is not some magpie creature patched together from shopworn thriller tropes, even if certain plot elements feel a bit much.

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His events combine the zeal of a religious revival meeting with a blunt political message: that Mr. Orban, 61, and his shopworn opponents in entrenched opposition parties have been around too long.

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Although she states repeatedly that she doesn’t want to rely on the shopworn story of motherhood as the ultimate expression of the female experience, some passages flirt with this trope.

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“Knowledge is power” might be a shopworn cliché, but when it comes to emergencies, it’s absolutely true.

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Yet his portraits often seem constrained within narrow, shopworn categories.

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Related Words

• frayed 
• stale 
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• trite