adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Showing the effects of wear due to long use.

   "The roofs of these time-worn habitations are full of holes, and have been patched here and there with laths; […]"

2. 2
   Banal or trite; hackneyed or overused.

Adjective

1. 1
   repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

banalshopwornthreadbareshopwornthreadbarewell-worn

Example

More examples

"The roofs of these time-worn habitations are full of holes, and have been patched here and there with laths; […]"

Etymology

From time + worn.

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