Shopworn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Tarnished, frayed, faded, or otherwise defective from being on display in a store.
  • adj. Worn-out, as from overuse; trite: shopworn anecdotes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. used, as a sample item in a retail store
  • adj. not fresh; tired or cliché
  • adj. faded
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Somewhat worn or defaced by the handling received in a shop or store, or by exposure outside a shop.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  • adj. worn or faded from being on display in a store
  • Equivalent
    unoriginal    worn   
    Synonym
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    hackneyed   
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