timeworn

time·worn

 (tīm′wôrn′)

adj.

1. Showing the effects of long use or wear: timeworn lanes.

2. Used too often; trite: timeworn expressions.

timeworn

(ˈtaɪmˌwɔːn)

adj

1. showing the adverse effects of overlong use or of old age

2. hackneyed; trite

time•worn

(ˈtaɪmˌwɔrn, -ˌwoʊrn)

adj.

1. worn or impaired by time.

2. showing the effects of age; antiquated: timeworn farming methods.

3. trite; hackneyed: a timeworn excuse.

[1720–30]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

timeworn - 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, trite, well-worn, 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

timeworn

adjective

1. Belonging to, existing, or occurring in times long past:

age-old, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, hoary, old, olden, old-time, venerable.

Idioms: old as Methuselah, old as the hills.

2. Without freshness or appeal because of overuse:

banal, bromidic, clichéd, commonplace, corny, hackneyed, musty, overused, overworked, platitudinal, platitudinous, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, threadbare, tired, trite, warmed-over, well-worn, worn-out.

Translations

arcaico

timeworn

[ˈtaɪmˌwɔːn] adj (hackneyed, phrase, idea, excuse) → trito/a e ritrito/a