warmed-over
Americanadjective
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(of cooked foods) heated again.
warmed-over stew.
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reworked or repeated without enthusiasm or introduction of new ideas; stale.
a warmed-over version of an old show.
Etymology
Origin of warmed-over
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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The Wrap slammed it as "boring and tedious", the Radio Times said it "should be illegal", and the Independent declared young people deserve better than the "slop" of "warmed-over revivals".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
“These are warmed-over internet memes that keep coming back,” he said before the House vote.
From Washington Times ● May 21, 2023
To clap back at CBS News, he’s using terrible photoshops of Brokeback Mountain, which has to be the most inept, warmed-over touchstone in anyone’s meme arsenal.
From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2022
Stravinsky, whom Scriabin felt was little more than excellently warmed-over Rimsky-Korsakov, turned to rhythm in his “The Rite of Spring” as the device for unleashing our underlying primitivistic impulses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2020
In her black cotton dress she looked like warmed-over despair.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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