SHOPWORN

banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn

(adjective) 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’”

shopworn, shopsoiled

(adjective) worn or faded from being on display in a store; “shopworn merchandise at half price”

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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