different between overused vs timeworn
overused
English
Etymology
over- +? used
Adjective
overused (comparative more overused, superlative most overused)
- used too much, or too often
- (of a word or phrase) hackneyed or clichéd
Related terms
- overuse
Translations
Anagrams
- duoverse
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timeworn
English
Etymology
time +? worn
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta?m.w??n/
Adjective
timeworn (comparative more timeworn, superlative most timeworn)
- Showing the effects of wear due to long use.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
- After walking the timeworn horizons out of Africa, I have entered a corrugated maze, a knotted crossroad of the world where landscape is read like sacrament, a labyrinth of echoing faiths called the Middle East.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
- Trite or banal; overused or hackneyed.
Synonyms
- (showing the effects of wear): shopworn, threadbare, timeworn, well-worn
- (trite or banal; overused or hackneyed, i.e. repeated too often): banal, commonplace, clichéd, stock, tired, trite, unoriginal. See also Thesaurus:hackneyed
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