Definition of shopworn Shopworn

/ʃɑˈpwɔˌɹn/ - [shapworn] - shop•worn

We found 8 definitions of shopworn from 5 different sources.

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What does shopworn mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

shopworn, shopworner, shopwornest

shopworn - worn or faded from being on display in a store; "shopworn merchandise at half price"
  shopsoiled
shopworn - 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'"
  banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
  unoriginal not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • shopworn (Adjective)
    Used, as a sample item in a retail store.
  • shopworn (Adjective)
    Not fresh; tired or cliché.
  • shopworn (Adjective)
    faded.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • shopworn (a.)
    Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • shopworn
    Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.

Part of speech

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  • shopworn, adjective.

Pronunciation

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