shopworn

Examples

• All

• He was perplexed; his meaty, shopworn face flushed.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The shopworn furniture showed signs of wear but held memories of many happy family gatherings.

• Also, whenever I saw those big phone books in the store, they always looked really shopworn.

  Blog text (9)

• All the vegetation, big and little, has a battered, shopworn look.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The photo of Jellie, which was becoming a little shopworn after being held by a hundred hands in the last few days, was lying on the desk.

  Fiction book (1993)

• It returns height and luster to the foolish and shopworn figure her aunt has become over time, handed down through the family stories.

  Fiction book (1996)

• He nearly tripped over an elephant's-foot umbrella stand that held a dozen dusty umbrellas, some of them so old and shopworn that their fabric was like dusty lace.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The display of shopworn toys in the store made it clear they had been handled by many eager children.

• She preferred the shopworn novels at the used bookstore, as they had a character and story of their own.

Synonyms

W

worn

vsshopworn

4 2.1

Damaged and showing signs of long use

is from brief display handling rather than long use

S

shopsoiled

vsshopworn

7.0

Items slightly damaged, faded, or dirty from being handled in a shop

is slightly faded or scuffed from handling but not actually used

Antonyms

N

new

∞ 1.0

In original condition and never used before

U

undamaged

12 2.4

Not harmed or broken and still in its original condition

Compounds

S

shopworn furniture

5.8

Furniture that looks slightly old or damaged from being on display in a shop

How Worn

broken

31 1.0

damaged

1 1.1

worn

4 2.1

shopworn

1 7.5

pristine

63 5.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology