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Shopworn

//ˈʃɒpwɔːn// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    Not fresh or new.; Of an idea, a piece or writing, etc.: repeated so often as to have become uninteresting; clichéd, overused, tired. figuratively

    "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."

  3. 3
    Not fresh or new.; Of an object: faded, shabby. figuratively
Adjective
  1. 1
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse wordnet
  2. 2
    worn or faded from being on display in a store wordnet

Etymology

From shop (noun) + worn (adjective).

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