timeworn
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7.4
- adjective
- /ˈtaɪmˌwɔrn/
:
trillado
- Although the Party can still compel lip service to timeworn slogans, it can no longer, by fiat, command assent or genuine commitment.
Examples
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And the repeated reference to your two African-American students echoes the timeworn trope of expecting one or two individuals to represent the whole race.
Blog text (29) -
She rolled her eyes at the timeworn clichés in the motivational speech.
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Nothing new here, thought Upton; these are timeworn gripes in the history of science.
Fiction book (2000) -
The notion that courts promised more than they delivered was a timeworn topos in the literary tradition of court critique.
Academic text (2001) -
The Aesthetic Movement emerged from a group of British artists, architects, and designers who sought to topple timeworn Victorian visual ideals.
Blog text (9) -
There is a timeworn Christian saying that has become a cliché through its use: "We are to be in the world but not of the world." To be of the world is to be worldly.
Blog text (10) -
In acrimonious discussions involving cabinet members and the heads of leading political parties, Ito belittled the League of Nations idea as a timeworn theme that history had rejected.
Academic text (1995) -
As in many centuries before, all manner of people put on masks and costumes and indulged in the timeworn propitiatory practices that the Church had tried, in vain, to eradicate.
Academic text (2001) -
His timeworn arguments about politics failed to impress the audience.
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After hearing the timeworn tale for the hundredth time, she knew it by heart.
Synonyms
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4.4
An idea or phrase used so often that it feels boring
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3.5
Doing the same thing again and again
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3.4
Ordinary and not special or new
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3.1
Not new or interesting because of repetition
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8.2
Very old and not useful or suitable now
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6.6
Not new or interesting because it is used too often
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7.2
Used so often that it feels boring
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7.6
No longer original or interesting because people use it so often
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4.6
A phrase or idea used so often that it is no longer interesting
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4.0
Used so often that it does not feel new and seems boring
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7.9
Not interesting because people use it too often
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6.4
An idea or phrase used so often that it is no longer interesting
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5.4
Not new because people use it too often and it is easy to guess
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4.7
A phrase or idea used so often that it no longer seems new
1
6.8
No longer new or fashionable
Used so much that it looks old or no longer works well
Boring because it uses words or ideas people hear many times
Old, tired ideas that are no longer interesting
Something that is common and not special
Old and no longer useful or accepted today
Antonyms
How Original
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Timeworn is made of time and worn, with worn meaning 'used' or 'not new'. A helpful way to remember this meaning is to think of an idea or phrase that has been used so much it is 'worn out' by time, so it feels tired and unoriginal.