shopworn
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shopworn
- /ˈʃɒpwɔːn/ UK
- /ˈʃɑpˌwɔɹn/ US
Where it comes from
From shop (noun) + worn (adjective).
adjective more shopworn · most shopworn
- Of a product in a retail store: damaged from being on display and handled by customers, etc.; shop-soiled. The handbag looks nice, but shopworn.
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Of an idea, a piece or writing, etc.: repeated so often as to have become uninteresting; clichéd, overused, tired.
Peace with honour—that immortal phrase coined by the greatest phrase-maker of his generation—has become slightly shop[-]worn, although still admittedly serviceable, and honour is not lightly to be defined.
Similar: shop-soiled, timeworn, banal, bathetic, bromidic, cheesy, stock, clichéd, commonplace, corny, dog-eared, hackneyed
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Of an object: faded, shabby.
Similar: shop-soiled, timeworn
Talk about this word "shopworn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shopworn. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. shopworn. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shopworn "shopworn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shopworn.Cite this
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title = {shopworn},
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