Translations for „shopworn“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈshop·worn ADJ

1. shopworn inv Am (shop-soiled):

shopworn

leicht beschädigt

2. shopworn fig (overused):

shopworn

abgedroschen

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English

The shopworn cliche about politics as a popularity contest has just been shredded.

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The only barrier is your attachment to shopworn myths about higher education, which haven't been updated since slide rules were popular.

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The verbal antics are lively, but it's just window dressing on a shopworn plot.

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The "dual loyalty" canard is shopworn and totally incompatible with reality, but for reasons not noted here.

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And his routines -- the opening montage in which he's inserted into scenes, the musical number -- were more than a little shopworn eight years ago.

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A supple standup bass thumps next to him as he sits on a stool and sings in measured tones through a shopworn vintage microphone.

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Experts have repeated it so often that it has become shopworn.

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There are about 10 shopworn reasons, but you get the idea.

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Not because how predictably outrageous and offensive it was, but about how ridiculously shopworn the whole routine has become.

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What a courageous first feature this is, a film that sidesteps shopworn stereotypes and tells a quiet, firm, deeply humanist story about doing the right thing.

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