Adjective: shopworn 'shóp,worn
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: shop-soiled)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: shop-soiled)
- Worn or faded from being on display in a store
"shopworn merchandise at half price";
- shop-soiled [Brit]
- 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: clichéd, cornball [N. Amer, informal], hacky [informal], unoriginal, worn
Encyclopedia: Shopworn