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

Some were pretty, others shopworn.

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

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It's one of the most shopworn punchlines in baseball.

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It's a little shopworn after umpteen covers and a few parodies, but this 1968 classic is still the sound of freedom on the open highway.

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How can we create a park that isn't going to look shopworn?

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Once a self-help term becomes shopworn, it needs to be refreshed.

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As the most universal -- and the most shopworn -- of subjects, love has been inspiring songwriters for centuries.

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No matter how shopworn and threadbare our religious language sometimes becomes, the mystery and tragedy of human experience still remains -- and so religion endures.

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She'd be unlikely to use such a shopworn phrase, but?

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Every book he read seemed to boast the same shopworn anecdotes and the same canonical heroes.

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