shop-worn

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [shop wawrn, wohrn]
- /ʃɒp wɔrn, woʊrn/
- /ʃɒp wɔːn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shop wawrn, wohrn]
- /ʃɒp wɔrn, woʊrn/

Definitions of shop-worn word

adjective shop-worn worn or marred, as goods exposed and handled in a store. 1
adjective shop-worn trite; hackneyed. 1

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Origin of shop-worn

First appearance:

before 1870

One of the 26% newest English words

First recorded in 1870-75; shop + worn

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Parts of speech for Shop-worn

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Shop-worn

shop-worn popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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