Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Tarnished, frayed, faded, or otherwise defective from being on display in a store.
- adjective Worn-out, as from overuse; trite.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Somewhat worn or defaced by the handling received in a shop or store, or by exposure outside a shop.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective used, as a
sample item in a retail store - adjective not fresh;
tired orcliché - adjective
faded
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- adjective worn or faded from being on display in a store
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Examples
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One tiny mark, a slight rip or fold, any sign that any human being had touched the book and the publishers would call it shopworn and not refund any money for an unsold book.
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"hit-the-grit" circus, and were writing to the big shows for prices on superannuated or "shopworn" animals.
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Or better yet, might we construct a model that is both consistent with the evidence and more beneficial than either of those shopworn choices?
Clay Farris Naff: Are We The Reason For The Universe's Existence? The Anthropic Principle Reconsidered Clay Farris Naff 2012
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And the nuclear priesthood to borrow a phrase from the father of our "Nuclear Navy", Admiral Hyman Rickover still uses many words and concepts that were already shopworn decades ago.
Rory O'Connor: No Word for Meltdown: Nukespeak Returns Rory O'Connor 2011
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In my opinion, Richard Powers in The Echo Maker is attempting to retain something of the experimentation of modernist psychological realism -- or at least its goal -- but as I indicated in my post on the novel, its lackluster execution in this book is for me another signal that the technique has become increasingly shopworn.
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Or better yet, might we construct a model that is both consistent with the evidence and more beneficial than either of those shopworn choices?
Clay Farris Naff: Are We The Reason For The Universe's Existence? The Anthropic Principle Reconsidered Clay Farris Naff 2012
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And the nuclear priesthood to borrow a phrase from the father of our "Nuclear Navy", Admiral Hyman Rickover still uses many words and concepts that were already shopworn decades ago.
Rory O'Connor: No Word for Meltdown: Nukespeak Returns Rory O'Connor 2011
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And the nuclear priesthood to borrow a phrase from the father of our "Nuclear Navy", Admiral Hyman Rickover still uses many words and concepts that were already shopworn decades ago.
Rory O'Connor: No Word for Meltdown: Nukespeak Returns Rory O'Connor 2011
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And the nuclear priesthood to borrow a phrase from the father of our "Nuclear Navy", Admiral Hyman Rickover still uses many words and concepts that were already shopworn decades ago.
Rory O'Connor: No Word for Meltdown: Nukespeak Returns Rory O'Connor 2011
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And the nuclear priesthood to borrow a phrase from the father of our "Nuclear Navy", Admiral Hyman Rickover still uses many words and concepts that were already shopworn decades ago.
Rory O'Connor: No Word for Meltdown: Nukespeak Returns Rory O'Connor 2011
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