well-worn (w?l?wôrn?)adj.1. Showing signs of much wear or use.2. Repeated too often; trite or hackneyed.3. Carried or worn in a becoming manner: well-worn fame.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.well-worn adj (well worn when postpositive) 1. so much used as to be affected by wear: a well-worn coat. 2. used too often; hackneyed: a well-worn phrase. Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014well?-worn? adj. 1. showing the effects of extensive use or wear: well-worn carpets. 2. trite; hackneyed; stale: a well-worn saying. 3. becomingly worn or borne: a well-worn modesty. [1615?25] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.