shopworn
overused, old, not new
TRANSLATION
shopworn= angestaubt, überbeansprucht, abgegriffen, abgedroschen (DH) --- GOOGLE INDEX shopworn: approximately 273,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
And fewer and fewer music lovers are willing to buy the music industry's SHOPWORN business model: $17.99 for a recorded CD that contains only a couple of tracks they like.
(Time magazine)
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"You know, Columbo, you're almost likable in a shabby sort of way. Maybe it's the way you come slouching in here with your SHOPWORN bag of tricks."
- from the 1971 Columbo movie "Ransom for a Dead Man"
(Time magazine)
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"You know, Columbo, you're almost likable in a shabby sort of way. Maybe it's the way you come slouching in here with your SHOPWORN bag of tricks."
- from the 1971 Columbo movie "Ransom for a Dead Man"
Did you
know?
shopworn
adjective
- faded, soiled, or otherwise impaired by remaining too long in a store
- stale from excessive use or familiarity
(Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Shopworn is a combination of the words "shop", as in a retail store, and "worn", as in affected or damaged by wear or long use. Thus shopworn alludes to merchandise that has been sitting in a store for too long.
Shopworn can also be used in a figurative sense to describe something that has become old or boring from overuse. Does your neighbour tell the same jokes every weekend while you stand at the fence inspecting each other’s English lawns? Then his jokes are shopworn or he has a shopworn sense of humour.
Does Aunt Betty tell the same stories at family gatherings? For some, her recollections might be shopworn (or a sign of age). Does the boss dispense the same advice when asked for input (well, when I first started in this business, we…)?
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SYNONYMS
banal, clichéd, commonplace, corny, dull, feeble, hackneyed, old hat, old-fashioned, sentimental, stale, stereotyped, tired
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
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ANTONYMS
fresh, original, unique
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"We need to come up with really fresh ideas and stop discussing shopworn business models."
adjective
- faded, soiled, or otherwise impaired by remaining too long in a store
- stale from excessive use or familiarity
(Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Shopworn is a combination of the words "shop", as in a retail store, and "worn", as in affected or damaged by wear or long use. Thus shopworn alludes to merchandise that has been sitting in a store for too long.
Shopworn can also be used in a figurative sense to describe something that has become old or boring from overuse. Does your neighbour tell the same jokes every weekend while you stand at the fence inspecting each other’s English lawns? Then his jokes are shopworn or he has a shopworn sense of humour.
Does Aunt Betty tell the same stories at family gatherings? For some, her recollections might be shopworn (or a sign of age). Does the boss dispense the same advice when asked for input (well, when I first started in this business, we…)?
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SYNONYMS
banal, clichéd, commonplace, corny, dull, feeble, hackneyed, old hat, old-fashioned, sentimental, stale, stereotyped, tired
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
---
ANTONYMS
fresh, original, unique
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
---
IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"We need to come up with really fresh ideas and stop discussing shopworn business models."
