Associations to the word «Timeworn»

Wiktionary

TIMEWORN, adjective. Showing the effects of wear due to long use
TIMEWORN, adjective. Trite or banal; overused or hackneyed

Dictionary definition

TIMEWORN, 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

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Thomas Jefferson