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

See also: cornball [N. Amer, informal], unoriginal, worn

Encyclopedia: Shopworn