Shopworn Definition & Meaning
shopworn
- adjective
- worn or faded from being on display in a store; "shopworn merchandise at half price"
- 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'"
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- What does shopworn mean?
- worn or faded from being on display in a store; "shopworn merchandise at half price" 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'"
- What part of speech is shopworn?
- Shopworn is an adjective.
- How many definitions does shopworn have?
- Shopworn has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).