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as in dilapidated
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
the wooden steps to the timeworn cottage had rotted and several shutters were missing
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as in stereotyped
used or heard so often as to be dull
I'm sick of the timeworn "How you've grown!" every time she sees me
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Recent Examples of timeworn
Picture a country home with a city edge filled with decor that feels both timeworn and timeless.
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Maddie Topliff, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2026
Can his loyalists still carry the timeworn Bolivarian revolution forward?
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
Sending money to voters is a timeworn tool for politicians and one that Trump has repeatedly tried to use, including this year.
—Josh Boak, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
Now the action has spilled onto its main drag, Yaowarat, and the waterfront lanes of Song Wat, where neon signs flicker above timeworn shophouses remade as boutiques, bars, and restaurants.
—Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2025
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Maddie Topliff, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2026
Can his loyalists still carry the timeworn Bolivarian revolution forward?
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
Sending money to voters is a timeworn tool for politicians and one that Trump has repeatedly tried to use, including this year.
—Josh Boak, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
Now the action has spilled onto its main drag, Yaowarat, and the waterfront lanes of Song Wat, where neon signs flicker above timeworn shophouses remade as boutiques, bars, and restaurants.
—Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for timeworn
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This Milwaukee program takes dilapidated houses, acquired by the city through property tax foreclosure, and rehabs them for new home buyers.—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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Such as dilapidated neighborhoods, toxic air, unkept public parks, failing infrastructure, unreliable public transportation and low wages.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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Kelly Enders-Tharp, a three-time surrogate and education and experience specialist at Growing Generations, explains that surrogates are often stereotyped, or that their backgrounds are misrepresented.—
Kris Ann Valdez,
Parents,
13 Feb. 2026
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Later, Lenape artist Joe Baker places cutout photographs of his ancestors over the stereotyped images of Native Americans found in the wallpaper.—
Tom McDonough,
Artforum,
1 Nov. 2025
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His refusal to weaponize suffering is one of his most important — and most neglected— lessons.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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The department issued heavy fines and ultimately shuttered a neglected building in Denver’s uptown neighborhood last year that was owned by CBZ Management.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
8 Jan. 2026
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Simmons said Tarrant families are tired of O’Hare’s bullying, silencing and antics.—
Rachel Royster
March 5,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Mar. 2026
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His poor metrics are the result of the Panthers looking tired and worn down in front of him, and Bobrovsky not being consistently at his absolute best.—
Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Few parents can follow the hackneyed wisdom of living in the moment.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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But the movie drifts into hackneyed melodrama that sits awkwardly against the gritty canvas of terrorist incidents, sniper attacks, bombings and police checkpoints.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Feb. 2026
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If frictionless facial recognition becomes commonplace, theoretically, ICE is vulnerable to the technology as well.—
Sarah Jeong,
The Verge,
1 Mar. 2026
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In the one-reel short — which features only one single camera set-up, as was commonplace at the time — Méliès plays a magician who winds up an automaton dressed as the clown Pierrot.—
Eric Henderson,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Broncos look slow, sloppy, shopworn and stale.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
6 Nov. 2025
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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,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2021
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“Timeworn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timeworn. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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