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time-worn adjective

• damaged or made less interesting or attractive as a result of age or much use.
• "the time-worn faces of the veterans"
Similar: worn out, worn, well worn, old, thin, holey, moth-eaten, mangy, ragged, frayed, tattered, battered, dog-eared, decrepit, shabby, scruffy, unkempt, having seen better days, falling apart at the seams, in shreds, in tatters, falling to pieces, broken-down, ruined, damaged, tatty, ratty, the worse for wear, raggedy, raggedy-ass, warby, out at elbows, aged, ancient, weathered, lined, wrinkled, hoary, hackneyed, trite, banal, vapid, platitudinous, clichéd, cliché-ridden, stock, conventional, unoriginal, derivative, overused, overworked, threadbare, tired, stale, dull, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, routine, humdrum, stereotyped, old hat, corny, played out, hacky, truistic, bromidic,
Opposite: pristine, new, unlined, fresh, imaginative,


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