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timeworn
adjective
(time-worn)
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Synonyms:
banal
,
commonplace
,
hackneyed
, old-hat,
shopworn
,
stock
,
threadbare
,
tired
,
trite
, well-worn,
Examples:
Parroting some timeworn axiom.
Words Related to
timeworn
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shopworn
,
hackneyed
,
trite
,
threadbare
,
banal
,
unoriginal
,
commonplace
,
tired
,
stock
,
well-worn
,
old
,
cliched
,
quaint
,
anachronistic
,
outdated
,
archaic
,
bygone
,
tattered
,
musty
,
creaky
,
rustic
,
rickety
,
formulaic
,
kitschy
,
timeless
,
ramshackle
,
fusty
,
stodgy
,
nostalgic
,
forlorn
,
simplistic
,
decrepit
,
unadorned
,
hokey
,
dreary
,
outworn
,
hoariest
,
outmoded
,
antiquated
,
cobwebbed
,
gimcrack
,
weatherworn
,
prosaic
,
unornamented
,
overfamiliar
,
dilapidated
,
folksy
,
stolid
,
quainter
,
archetypal
,
venerable
,
orotund
,
roughhewn
,
traditional
,
prettying
,
genteel
,
neoclassic
,
antediluvian
,
sentimental
,
classic
,
highfalutin
,
whiggish
,
incongruous
,
whimsical
,
wrinkled
,
modish
,
careworn
,
rusted
,
gauzy
,
wordsworthian
,
lugubrious
,
uninflected
,
artful
,
leaden
,
newfangled
,
parachronistic
,
chthonic
,
yellowed
,
utilitarian
,
unobjectionable
,
grimy
,
semiotic
,
unpoetic
,
sophistic
,
cutesy
,
formalistic
,
simple
,
staid
,
nebulous
,
unvarying
,
sparest
,
contemporary
,
voguish
,
minimalist
,
jamesian
,
grandiloquent
,
punny
,
stagy
,
wistful
,
quirky
,
timeworn
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