Shopworn

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  • adjective. Tarnished, frayed, faded, or otherwise defective from being on display in a store.
  • adjective. Worn-out, as from overuse; trite.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Somewhat worn or defaced by the handling received in a shop or store, or by exposure outside a shop.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. used, as a sample item in a retail store
  • adjective. not fresh; tired or cliché
  • adjective. faded
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  • adjective. worn or faded from being on display in a store
  • Word Usage
    "One tiny mark, a slight rip or fold, any sign that any human being had touched the book and the publishers would call it shopworn and not refund any money for an unsold book."
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    unoriginal  worn  
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