Shopworn is an English word with synonyms like trite or tired. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Shopworn in a sentence
Shopworn meaning
- Of a product in a retail store: damaged from being on display and handled by customers, etc.; shop-soiled.
- Not fresh or new.
- Of an idea, a piece or writing, etc.: repeated so often as to have become uninteresting; clichéd, overused, tired.
Synonyms of Shopworn
Using Shopworn
- The main meaning on this page is: Of a product in a retail store: damaged from being on display and handled by customers, etc.; shop-soiled. | Not fresh or new. | Of an idea, a piece or writing, etc.: repeated so often as to have become uninteresting; clichéd, overused, tired.
- Useful related words include: shopsoiled, well-worn, trite, tired.
Context around Shopworn
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shopworn
- In this selection, "shopworn" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, new and changes stand out and add context to how "shopworn" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and a shopworn new wave and of rather shopworn changes to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shopworn" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shopworn
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And a shopworn new wave dance hit floods a dull world with the radiance of a neon rainbow. (18 words)
More recently I’ve watched Mark Meckler’s revving up a of convening an “Article V” gathering to make a litany of rather shopworn changes to the U.S. Constitution. (30 words)
More recently I’ve watched Mark Meckler’s revving up a of convening an “Article V” gathering to make a litany of rather shopworn changes to the U.S. Constitution. (30 words)
And a shopworn new wave dance hit floods a dull world with the radiance of a neon rainbow. (18 words)
Example sentences (2)
And a shopworn new wave dance hit floods a dull world with the radiance of a neon rainbow.
More recently I’ve watched Mark Meckler’s revving up a of convening an “Article V” gathering to make a litany of rather shopworn changes to the U.S. Constitution.