Adjective: shop-soiled
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: shopworn)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: shopworn)
- Worn or faded from being on display in a store
"shop-soiled merchandise at half price";
- shopworn [N. Amer]
- Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
"his remarks were trite and shop-soiled";
- banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat [informal], shopworn [N. Amer], stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
See also: clichéd, cornball [N. Amer, informal], hacky [informal], unoriginal, worn