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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Tarnished, frayed, faded, or otherwise defective from being on display in a store.
  • adjective Worn-out, as from overuse; trite.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Somewhat worn or defaced by the handling received in a shop or store, or by exposure outside a shop.

from 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.

from 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

from 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

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