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as in dilapidated
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
the wooden steps to the timeworn cottage had rotted and several shutters were missing
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as in cliche
used or heard so often as to be dull
I'm sick of the timeworn "How you've grown!" every time she sees me
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Recent Examples of timeworn
There are the timeworn protests that making bigger sizes is too hard and too expensive.
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Kara Richardson Whitely, Outside Online, 5 Dec. 2022
Mitchell says that modern pieces, with their harder edges and cleaner lines, marry so well to burnished, timeworn antiques.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2022
Like all genres, forest horror traffics in a number of timeworn tropes.
—Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2022
To be sure, many recent witch novels explore timeworn themes: Witches are distrusted and feared and must conceal themselves from the world.
—Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022
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Kara Richardson Whitely, Outside Online, 5 Dec. 2022
Mitchell says that modern pieces, with their harder edges and cleaner lines, marry so well to burnished, timeworn antiques.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2022
Like all genres, forest horror traffics in a number of timeworn tropes.
—Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2022
To be sure, many recent witch novels explore timeworn themes: Witches are distrusted and feared and must conceal themselves from the world.
—Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for timeworn
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This small apartment on the eastern edge of Paris was so dilapidated that not long after moving in, its owner turned around and moved out.Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 10 Dec. 2024
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Ford invested $740 million into renovating the depot and transforming several other sites in the immediate Corktown district so that now the dilapidated train station is the centerpiece of a new campus devoted to future mobility technology that draws in thousands of visitors.Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2024
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The business owners hoped to revitalize a neglected commercial stretch.Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2024
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Soft landing optimism has led the 2024 stock rally to broaden as of late into more neglected areas of the market such as small-caps.Krystal Hur, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
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Chicano artists also critically reexamined stereotyped figures, such as the pachuco and pachuca, and retold current and historic events through artworks that questioned hegemonic narratives.Mary Thomas, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Covino is also tasked with the least comedic role and excels at imbuing his character with enough nuance to be the one actor who transcends the script’s stereotyped trappings.Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2024
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The same tired thoughts, predictable excuses, and familiar limiting beliefs play on repeat in your mind, keeping you stuck in patterns that don't serve your growth.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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By the time Odysseus washes ashore, battered and weakened, even her son, Telemachus (Charlie Plummer), has grown tired of her indecision, hoping to move on from the limbo of waiting.Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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But the hackneyed drama hasn’t mustered much enthusiasm from critics or moviegoers, and was unsurprisingly overlooked in the Globes’ best drama category.Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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Revelations that are supposed to be moving and heartfelt feel hackneyed and clichéd, and it’s not helped by Shyamalan’s amateurish performance.Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Timeworn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timeworn. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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