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well-worn (wlwôrn, -wrn)

adj.

1. Showing signs of much wear or use.

2. Repeated too often; trite or hackneyed.

3. Carried or worn in a becoming manner: well-worn fame.

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well-worn

adj (well worn when postpositive)

1. so much used as to be affected by wear a well-worn coat

2. used too often; hackneyed a well-worn phrase

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	well-worn - showing signs of much wear or use     worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
	2.	well-worn - repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" banal, hackneyed, old-hat, stock, threadbare, timeworn, trite, tired, shopworn, commonplace unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham

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well-worn

adjective

1. stale, tired, stereotyped, commonplace, banal, trite, hackneyed, overused, timeworn To use a well-worn cliché, she does not suffer fools gladly.

2. shabby, worn, faded, ragged, frayed, worn-out, scruffy, tattered, tatty, threadbare He was dressed casually in a sweater and well-worn jeans.

Translations

well-worn [ˌwelˈwɔːn] ADJ [garment] → raído; [path, cliché] → trillado

well-worn [ˌwɛlˈwɔːn] adj (path) → molto battuto/a; (carpet, clothes) → logoro/a, liso/a (fig) (phrase) → trito/a e ritrito/a