well-worn Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite showing signs of much wear or use
   
2. adjective satellite repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
   commonplace; hackneyed; tired; old-hat; timeworn; trite; banal; threadbare; shopworn; stock.
   
   • bromidic sermons
   • his remarks were trite and commonplace
   • hackneyed phrases
   • a stock answer
   • repeating threadbare jokes
   • parroting some timeworn axiom
   • the trite metaphor `hard as nails'

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