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English adjective: well-worn

1. well-worn showing signs of much wear or use


Similarworn


Antonymsnew

2. well-worn repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse


SamplesBromidic sermons.
His remarks were trite and commonplace.
Hackneyed phrases.
A stock answer.
Repeating threadbare jokes.
Parroting some timeworn axiom.
The trite metaphor `hard as nails'.


Synonymsbanal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite


Similarunoriginal


Antonymsoriginal









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