SHOPWORN Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

shopworn

adjective

ˈshäp-ˌwȯrn

Definition of shopworn

as in stereotyped

used or heard so often as to be dull the shopworn suggestion to job applicants to "just be yourself"

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Recent Examples of shopworn Perhaps most astonishingly, the movie manages to make creepy clowns — that shopworn trope — genuinely frightening again. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026 The Broncos look slow, sloppy, shopworn and stale. — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025 Carson said — 50 times Carson’s office, on a quiet street in downtown Modesto, was gritty and shopworn and functional in feel. — Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2021 If your listing has become shopworn, look at reducing the price or offering incentives. — John Nugent, Houston Chronicle, 4 July 2020 See All Example Sentences for shopworn

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Adjective

Despite their outer appearances and oftentimes stereotyped personalities, the ladies embrace each other’s depths and contradictions.

— Meagan Jordan, VIBE.com, 10 July 2026
This is a directed, stereotyped behavior in which the highest-resolution region of the somatosensory surface is brought to bear on the object requiring the most detailed analysis.

— Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026

Definition of stereotyped

Adjective

Even more popular when, instead of a tired old video tribute — hats off to the Jackets for reading the room on this one — the arena cameras went straight to Marchenko during the next stoppage.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Murray says her own experience has made her more understanding when female colleagues seem more tired or irritable than usual, particularly when the behavior is out of character.

— Jo Ann Liguori, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of tired

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The hackneyed ruminations on feminine style are punctured by an image of violent female rage.

— Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
There’s some hackneyed dialogue, much of it borne by Neeson, who despite his prominence in advertising gets sidelined for most of the running time.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of hackneyed

Adjective

Strikes in France, particularly student strikes, are commonplace and go on all the time.

— Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
Murmurs of surprises and spoilers—commonplace for blockbusters but hardly typical for documentaries—spread like wildfire in the lead-up to the release.

— Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026

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