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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Belonging to, existing, or occurring in times long past: age-old, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, hoary, old, olden, old-time, venerable. Idioms: old as Methuselah, old as the hills. See NEW. 2. Without freshness or appeal because of overuse: banal, bromidic, clichéd, commonplace, corny, hackneyed, musty, overused, overworked, platitudinal, platitudinous, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, threadbare, tired, trite, warmed-over, well-worn, worn-out. See EXCITE, USUAL.
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