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well-worn
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective well-worn has 2 senses
- well-worn(s = adj.all) Array - showing signs of much wear or use; Array
- well-worn(s = adj.all) banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite - 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'"
THESAURUS
well-worn
automatic, back-number, banal, bare, beaten, bewhiskered, bromidic, common, commonplace, constant, corny, cut-and-dried, deep-worn, dog-eared, fade, familiar, frequent, fusty, habitual, hackney, hackneyed, moth-eaten, musty, old hat, persistent, platitudinous, recurrent, recurring, regular, repetitive, routine, sere, set, shelfworn, shopworn, square, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, trite, truistic, unoriginal, warmed-over, well-known, well-trodden, worn, worn ragged, worn thin, worn to rags, worn to threads, worn-downROGET THESAURUS
well-worn
Use
N use, employ, employment, exercise, exercitation, application, appliance, adhibition, disposal, consumption, agency, usufruct, usefulness, benefit, recourse, resort, avail, utilization, service, wear, usage, in use, used, well-worn, well-trodden, useful, subservient.
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