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Shopworn
adjective 1.Worn or faded from being on display in a store. Synonym: shopsoiled. 2.Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. Synonyms: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn. "His remarks were trite and commonplace" , "Hackneyed phrases" , "A stock answer" , "Repeating threadbare jokes" , "Parroting some timeworn axiom" , "The trite metaphor 'hard as nails'"
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