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well-worn

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. well-wornadjective

    showing signs of much wear or use

  2. banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-wornadjective

    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'"

Wiktionary

  1. well-wornadjective

    showing signs of wear because of extensive use

  2. well-wornadjective

    trite or hackneyed; repeated too often

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  1. well-worn

    "Well-worn" refers to something that has been heavily used, sometimes to the point of showing signs of wear and tear. It may also indicate something that is familiar due to extensive use or practice.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of well-worn in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of well-worn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of well-worn in a Sentence

  1. Cesare Lombroso:

    Good sense travels on the well-worn paths genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics.

  2. Andreas Simic:

    A well worn path is the most comfortable to follow.” Andreas Simic

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