well-worn

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well-worn

adjective more well-worn · most well-worn

Showing signs of wear because of extensive use. Well she's black as coal, but she burn like a fire, And she wrap herself around you like a well-worn tire.
Similar: dog-eared, threadbare, worse for wear, clapped out, damaged, defective, deteriorated, dilapidated, effete, faulty, munted, outworn
broadly Trite or hackneyed; repeated too often. The decay of social norms and status quo systems triggering an authoritarian tightening of the screws is a well-worn pattern throughout human history.
Similar: clichéd, overused, played out, banal, bathetic, bromidic, cheesy, stock, commonplace, corny, dog-eared, hackneyed

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adj repeated too often

中文	老生常談的 /老生常谈的 lǎoshēngchángtán de

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@misc{well_worn_2026,
  title = {well-worn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/well-worn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}