shopworn

UK /ˈʃɒpwɔːn/ US /ˈʃɑpˌwɔɹn/
adj 3

Definitions

adj

1

Of a product in a retail store: damaged from being on display and handled by customers, etc.; shop-soiled.

The handbag looks nice, but shopworn.

Broke Sycamores by Oaks may be ſuppli'd: / Faln bricks by ſtones to make a Building fair; / But by ſuch patching 'tvvill be vvorſe alaſs, / Nevv generous vvine vvill break old Shop-vvorn Glaſs.

2

Not fresh or new.

Peace with honour—that immortal phrase coined by the greatest phrase-maker of his generation—has become slightly shop[-]worn, although still admittedly serviceable, and honour is not lightly to be defined.

The shopworn ghost-story part of the tale has been energized by the brilliant performance of little Owen Meany, who—despite his diminutive size—is a huge presence onstage; the miniature Meany simply dwarfs the other performers.

3

Not fresh or new.

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