timeworn

/ˈtaɪm.wɔːn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtaɪm.wɔːrn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈtīm-ˌwȯrn How to pronounce timeworn (audio)/ (ame, mw)

timeworn — adjective

  • timewornpositive
  • more timeworncomparative
  • most timewornsuperlative

1. used or heard so many times that it now feels old, ordinary, and no longer inter

1.形容詞C1
釋義

used or heard so many times that it now feels old, ordinary, and no longer interesting.

例句

Rodrigo ignored the manager's timeworn advice about working harder.

timeworn + abstract noun (advice)

The ad uses a timeworn slogan that no one in class believes.

timeworn + slogan / phrase

同義詞
  • stale

    broad everyday word for ideas or jokes that no longer feel fresh

  • clichéd

    usually about a phrase, image, or plot repeated too often

  • hackneyed

    formal and strongly critical, close in tone to 'timeworn'

反義詞
  • fresh

    suggests a new feeling or approach

  • original

    emphasizes that the idea does not copy familiar patterns

  • novel

    more formal; stresses newness or unusualness

文法句型

timeworn + noun

用法筆記

Usually modifies ideas, jokes, stories, slogans, or advice rather than people. It often suggests mild annoyance because the wording or idea has been repeated too often, not simply because it is old.

常見錯誤

❌My timeworn shoes need new laces.
✅My worn-out shoes need new laces.
💡'timeworn' usually criticizes ideas, language, or cultural material that feels stale, not ordinary physical damage.
❌The legend is timeworn, so it happened long ago.
✅The legend is old.
💡'timeworn' means overused and lacking freshness, not merely from the distant past.