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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 cliche
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
There are the timeworn protests that making bigger sizes is too hard and too expensive.
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Kara Richardson Whitely, Outside Online, 5 Dec. 2022
Mitchell says that modern pieces, with their harder edges and cleaner lines, marry so well to burnished, timeworn antiques.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2022
Like all genres, forest horror traffics in a number of timeworn tropes.
—Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2022
To be sure, many recent witch novels explore timeworn themes: Witches are distrusted and feared and must conceal themselves from the world.
—Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022
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Kara Richardson Whitely, Outside Online, 5 Dec. 2022
Mitchell says that modern pieces, with their harder edges and cleaner lines, marry so well to burnished, timeworn antiques.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2022
Like all genres, forest horror traffics in a number of timeworn tropes.
—Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2022
To be sure, many recent witch novels explore timeworn themes: Witches are distrusted and feared and must conceal themselves from the world.
—Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for timeworn
Adjective
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But Spencer said replacing old, dilapidated buildings with newer ones could also put the district in a better position to compete with charter schools.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2025
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That made staying in Oakland untenable for the franchise, which played its final season in the dilapidated stadium last year.—
W.G. Ramirez,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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What’s a neglected part of your ME—your health, learning, or joy?—
Nell Derick Debevoise,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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But the area where these cuts will be felt most acutely is with respect to elder abuse, which is already a neglected area of health care and social services.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Several leaders described the pressure of being both highly visible and easily stereotyped.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Their negative stereotyped reputation seems to follow them like ageism follows older employees or sexism follows female employees.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
6 July 2025
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The toll on crew members goes far beyond simply being tired.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
6 July 2025
Adjective
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This hackneyed stance has turned his concert performances shrill and hollow.—
Armond White,
National Review,
28 May 2025
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Yet these hackneyed qualities are minor aspects of a production that otherwise can be eye-opening and newly invigorating.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Timeworn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timeworn. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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