well-worn

[ wel-wawrn, -wohrn ]

/ ˈwɛlˈwɔrn, -ˈwoʊrn /

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adjective

showing the effects of extensive use or wear: well-worn carpets.

trite, hackneyed, or stale: a well-worn saying.

fittingly or becomingly worn or borne: a well-worn reserve that never seems haughty.

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Origin of well-worn

First recorded in 1615–25

Words nearby well-worn

well-used, well-versed, well-wisher, well-woman, well-wooded, well-worn, well-written, well-wrought, welly, welp, Wels

How to use well-worn in a sentence

The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.
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Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.
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The well, ghost or no ghost, is certainly a piece of history with a bold presence.
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In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.
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It is the obligation of citizens and journalists as well as governments.
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Mrs. Wurzel was quite right; they had been supplied, regardless of cost, from Messrs. Rochet and Stole's well-known establishment.
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She herself had worn them in her youth, and they were the proper bonnets for "growing girls."
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The big room at King's Warren Parsonage was already fairly well filled.
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The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.
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Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
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British Dictionary definitions for well-worn

well-worn

adjective (well worn when postpositive)

so much used as to be affected by weara well-worn coat

used too often; hackneyeda well-worn phrase

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