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Exact Match:

threadbare: having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"

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shopworn collapse: worn or faded from being on display in a store; "shopworn merchandise at half price"

broken down collapse

corny collapse

time-worn collapse

bewhiskered collapse

old hat collapse

dog eared collapse

disreputable collapse: lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance

well-worn collapse: showing signs of much wear or use

sere collapse

unoriginal collapse: not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham

platitudinous collapse

bedraggled collapse: limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud; "the beggar's bedraggled clothes"; "scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts"; in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"

warmed over collapse

tattered collapse: worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince"

banal collapse: 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'"

well-known collapse: widely or fully known; "a well-known politician"; "well-known facts"; "a politician who is well known"; "these facts are well known"

hackneyed collapse

stereotyped collapse: lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"

faded collapse

slipshod collapse

timeworn collapse

back number collapse

moth eaten collapse

trite collapse

scruffy collapse: shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain

decrepit collapse: lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"

dilapidated collapse

fusty collapse: old-fashioned and out of date; stale and unclean smelling

stale collapse: showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; urinate, of cattle and horses

prosaic collapse

musty collapse

dingy collapse

seedy collapse: full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig"

worn collapse: affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"

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