warmed-over

[ wawrmd-oh-ver ]

adjective

1. (of cooked foods) heated again:

   warmed-over stew.

2. reworked or repeated without enthusiasm or introduction of new ideas; stale:

   a warmed-over version of an old show.

Word History and Origins

Origin of warmed-over¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Some of her calls for activism read as warmed-over tracts from decades ago.

From The Daily Beast

Boehner has brewed a warmed-over Mitt Romney plan while omitting the noxious idea of voucherizing Medicare.

From The Daily Beast

Some conservatives are content to sit on the sidelines and decry the Obama approach as so much warmed-over socialism.

From The Daily Beast

Warmed-over dinners are good enough in their place, but when we pay the same price, we have a right to be dainty.

From Project Gutenberg

It is difficult to use up corned beef, for it is not good sliced and warmed over, as most meats are.

From Project Gutenberg

Having breakfasted heartily on sourdough flapjacks, warmed-over baked beans and coffee, they were ready for anything.

From Project Gutenberg

Like Ben Hur, it was warmed over into a tremendously successful melodrama, and received the final compliment of parody.

From Project Gutenberg

The principal food of the party was tallow and some other substance, which was warmed over a fire on stopping at night.

From Project Gutenberg