timeworn

[ tahym-wawrn, -wohrn ]

/ ˈtaɪmˌwɔrn, -ˌwoʊrn /

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adjective

worn or impaired by time.

showing the effects of age or antiquity; antiquated: timeworn farming methods.

commonplace; trite; hackneyed: a timeworn excuse.

Nearby words

timescale, timeserver, timespan, timetable, timework, timeworn, timid, timing, timing belt, timing chain, timing gear

Origin of timeworn

First recorded in 1720–30; time + worn

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Examples from the Web for timeworn

Branch after branch is dropping from the timeworn, weatherbeaten trunk.
Jewish Literature and Other Essays|Gustav Karpeles
It was an altar-tomb, broken and timeworn and almost covered with an accumulation of earth and moss and leaves.
Virginia: The Old Dominion|Frank W. Hutchins and Cortelle Hutchins
Besides the earnest agony of its words, there was a mute eloquence about that yellow, timeworn paper.
Merkland|Mrs. Oliphant
You seem to have inherited the timeworn theory that the War of 1914 was entirely provoked by the junker class of Germans.
The Great Prince Shan|E. Phillips Oppenheim

Beyond the fountain, before the timeworn cloister, sat an aged brother surrounded by monks.
The Higher Court|Mary Stewart Daggett

British Dictionary definitions for timeworn

timeworn

/ (ˈtaɪmˌwɔːn) /

adjective

showing the adverse effects of overlong use or of old age

hackneyed; trite

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timeworn

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British Dictionary definitions for timeworn

timeworn

adjective