shopworn UK /ˈʃɒpwɔːn/US /ˈʃɑpˌwɔɹn/ adjective4 •Of a product in a retail store: damaged from being on display and handled by customers, etc.; shop-soiled.The handbag looks nice, but shopworn. •Not fresh or new. •Of an object: faded, shabby. •(figurative) Of an idea, a piece or writing, etc.: repeated so often as to have become uninteresting; clichéd, overused, tired. formsmore shopworn · most shopworn