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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
shopworn
1. 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'
• Syn:
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, stock,
threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
• Similar to:
unoriginal
• Derivationally related forms:
triteness (for: trite), commonplace (for: commonplace), banality (for: banal)
2. worn or faded from being on display in a store
- shopworn merchandise at half price
• Syn:
shopsoiled
• Similar to:
worn
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