time-tested

[tahym-tes-tid]

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adjective

having proved valid, workable, or useful over a long span of time: a time-tested theory.

Origin of time-tested

First recorded in 1940–45

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Related Words for time-tested

time-tested, proven, demonstrable, dependable, proved, reliable, reputable, tested, tried, trustworthy