timeworn

See also: time-worn

English

Etymology

From time +‎ worn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪm.wɔɹn/

Adjective

timeworn (comparative more timeworn, superlative most timeworn)

1. Showing the effects of wear due to long use.

   Synonyms: shopworn, threadbare, well-worn

   • [1905], Maxim Gorky, “Part I”, in J. K. M. Shirazi, transl., Creatures that Once were Men, London: Alston Rivers, […], →OCLC, page 1:

     The roofs of these time-worn habitations are full of holes, and have been patched here and there with laths; […]

   • 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.

2. Banal or trite; hackneyed or overused.

   Synonyms: commonplace, clichéd, stock, tired, unoriginal; see also Thesaurus:hackneyed

Alternative forms

• time-worn

Translations

showing the effects of wear

• German: abgegriffen (de), abgenutzt (de), veraltet (de), patiniert (de)
• Swedish: utnött (sv)