warmed-over

[wawrmd-oh-ver] / ˈwɔrmdˈoʊ vər /

ADJECTIVE

trite

Synonyms

WEAK

banal bathetic bromidic clichéd common commonplace cornball corny drained dull exhausted familiar tune flat hackneyed hokey jejune mildewed moth-eaten musty old hat ordinary overused overworked pedestrian platitudinal platitudinous prosaic ready-made routine run-of-the-mill set shopworn stale stereotyped stereotypic stereotypical stock threadbare timeworn tired uninspired unoriginal used-up vapid well-worn worn worn-out

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warmed-over

The Wrap slammed it as "boring and tedious", the Radio Times said it "should be illegal", and the Independent declared young people deserve better than the "slop" of "warmed-over revivals".

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

“These are warmed-over internet memes that keep coming back,” he said before the House vote.

From Washington Times ● May 21, 2023

But that kind of response can be tough to swallow, when 75 percent of people reading Teigen’s content probably feel like warmed-over spit most of the time themselves.

From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2021

Stravinsky, whom Scriabin felt was little more than excellently warmed-over Rimsky-Korsakov, turned to rhythm in his “The Rite of Spring” as the device for unleashing our underlying primitivistic impulses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2020

In her black cotton dress she looked like warmed-over despair.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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