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timeworn

[ tahym-wawrn, -wohrn ]

adjective

  1. worn worn or impaired by time. times.
  2. showing the effects of age or antiquity; antiquated:

    timeworn farming methods.

  3. commonplace; trite; hackneyed:

    a timeworn excuse.



timeworn

/ ˈtaɪmˌwɔːn /

adjective

  1. showing the adverse effects of overlong use or of old age
  2. hackneyed; trite
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of timeworn1

First recorded in 1720–30; time + worn
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Example Sentences

Transhumance is a timeworn and yet still relevant practice across Europe and the Mediterranean that sees sheep, goats and cattle herded many miles, linking ecological areas and sometimes making really phenomenal cheese on the way.

From Ozy

It was an altar-tomb, broken and timeworn and almost covered with an accumulation of earth and moss and leaves.

He leant against the fountain, playing with the cool water which fell with monotonous rhythm into the shallow timeworn basin.

You seem to have inherited the timeworn theory that the War of 1914 was entirely provoked by the junker class of Germans.

Ten minutes later, a young woman descended from the timeworn hack.

Sometimes this throat uttered Yes, sometimes it uttered No; sometimes it made inquiries about a timeworn denizen of the place.

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