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moth-eaten
Synonyms and Antonyms of moth-eaten
- moth-eaten scientific theories that no one's believed in ages
antiquated, archaic, dated, démodé, demoded, fossilized, kaput (also kaputt), medieval (also mediaeval), moribund, mossy, neolithic, Noachian, obsolete, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, outworn, passé, prehistoric (also prehistorical), rusty, Stone Age, superannuated
aging (or ageing), obsolescent
discarded, disused, inoperable, unusable, unworkable, useless
dead, defunct, expired, extinct, vanished
dormant, fallow, free, idle, inactive, inert, inoperative, latent
ancient, antediluvian, antique, dateless, fusty, musty, old
oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, retro, vintage
aged, age-old, hoary, venerable
atavistic, bygone, erstwhile, former, historic, historical, late, old-world, past
- a man who's been wearing the same moth-eaten clothes for decades
beat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels (or down-at-heel), dumpy, grungy, mangy, mean, miserable, neglected, ratty, run-down, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, sleazy, tacky, tatterdemalion, tatty, threadbare, timeworn, tumbledown
- an uncle who tells the same moth-eaten stories every Thanksgiving
banal, cliché (also cliche), clichéd, cobwebby, commonplace, hack, hackney, hackneyed, musty, obligatory, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
bromidic, platitudinal, platitudinous
canned, cardboard, conventional, cookie-cutter, derivative, imitative, ready-made, tried-and-true, unimaginative, uninspired, unoriginal
normal, ordinary, rote, routine, standard, stock, typical, usual
arid, barren, boring, colorless, drab, dreary, drudging, dry, dull, dusty, flat, heavy, ho-hum, humdrum, jading, jejune, leaden, mind-numbing, monotonous, numbing, old, pedantic, pedestrian, ponderous, prosaic, stodgy, stuffy, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, undramatic, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome, weary, wearying
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