According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
SHOPWORN
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
(adjective) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; âbromidic sermonsâ; âhis remarks were trite and commonplaceâ; âhackneyed phrasesâ; âa stock answerâ; ârepeating threadbare jokesâ; âparroting some timeworn axiomâ; âthe trite metaphor âhard as nailsââ
shopworn, shopsoiled
(adjective) worn or faded from being on display in a store; âshopworn merchandise at half priceâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
shopworn (comparative more shopworn, superlative most shopworn)
Having been used, as a sample item in a retail store.
Faded.
(figuratively) Not fresh; tired or cliché.
Synonyms
• See also hackneyed
Source: Wiktionary
Shop"worn`, a.
Definition: Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AMISS
(adverb) in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner; âif you think him guilty you judge amissâ; âhe spoke amissâ; âno one took it amiss when she spoke franklyâ
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