Associations to the word «Shopworn»
Noun
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Wiktionary
SHOPWORN, adjective. Used, as a sample item in a retail store
SHOPWORN, adjective. Not fresh; tired or cliché
SHOPWORN, adjective. Faded
Dictionary definition
SHOPWORN, adjective. Worn or faded from being on display in a store; "shopworn merchandise at half price".
SHOPWORN, 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'".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.