Definition of "shopworn" [shop•worn]

• Tarnished, frayed, faded, or otherwise defective from being on display in a store. (adjective)
• Worn-out, as from overuse; trite: shopworn anecdotes. (adjective)

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• "One tiny mark, a slight rip or fold, any sign that any human being had touched the book and the publishers would call it shopworn and not refund any money for an unsold book."
• ""hit-the-grit" circus, and were writing to the big shows for prices on superannuated or "shopworn" animals."
• "And the nuclear priesthood to borrow a phrase from the father of our "Nuclear Navy", Admiral Hyman Rickover still uses many words and concepts that were already shopworn decades ago."