timeworn
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From time + worn.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtaɪm.wɔɹn/
=== Adjective ===
timeworn (comparative more timeworn, superlative most timeworn)
Showing the effects of wear due to long use.
Synonyms: shopworn, threadbare, well-worn
2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]:
After walking the timeworn horizons out of Africa, I have entered a corrugated maze, a knotted crossroad of the world where landscape is read like sacrament, a labyrinth of echoing faiths called the Middle East.
Banal or trite; hackneyed or overused.
Synonyms: commonplace, clichéd, stock, tired, unoriginal; see also Thesaurus:hackneyed
==== Alternative forms ====
time-worn
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