Stale and Shopworn

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Stale

Stale adjective - Used or heard so often as to be dull.
Usage example: viewers were bored by the stale story lines of the new crop of sitcoms
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Shopworn is a synonym for stale in overused topic. In some cases you can use "Shopworn" instead an adjective "Stale", when it comes to topics like excite.
Nearby Words: staled, staling

Shopworn

Shopworn adjective - Used or heard so often as to be dull.
Usage example: the shopworn suggestion to job applicants to “just be yourself”
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Stale is a synonym for shopworn in overused topic. You can use "Stale" instead an adjective "Shopworn", if it concerns topics such as excite.

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Shopworn and Stale. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/stale/shopworn
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