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Meaning of SHOPWORN

Pronunciation:  'shâp`wowrn

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic 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'"
  2. [adj]  worn or faded from being on display in a store; "shopworn merchandise at half price"
 

SHOPWORN is a 8 letter word that starts with S.

 

 Synonyms: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopsoiled, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, worn
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Shop"worn`\, a.
Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a
shop.

 

 

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