" moth-eaten "

1: having passed its time of use or usefulness;

  * e.g., " ... moth-eaten scientific theories that no one's believed in ages "

•  Synonyms : 

•  antiquated,

•  archaic,

•  dated,

•  démodé,

•  demoded,

•  fossilized,

•  kaput,

•  medieval,

•  moribund,

•  mossy,

•  neolithic,

•  Noachian,

•  obsolete,

•  out-of-date,

•  outdated,

•  outmoded,

•  outworn,

•  passé,

•  prehistoric,

•  rusty,

•  Stone Age,

•  superannuated

•  Antonyms : 

•  fresh,

•  new,

•  novel,

•  original,

•  unclichéd,

•  unhackneyed

2: showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect;

  * e.g., " ... a man who's been wearing the same moth-eaten clothes for decades "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beat-up,

•  bombed-out,

•  dilapidated,

•  dog-eared,

•  down-at-the-heels,

•  dumpy,

•  grungy,

•  mangy,

•  mean,

•  miserable,

•  neglected,

•  ratty,

•  run-down,

•  scrubby,

•  scruffy,

•  seedy,

•  shabby,

•  sleazy,

•  tacky,

•  tatterdemalion,

•  tatty,

•  threadbare,

•  timeworn,

•  tumbledown

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: used or heard so often as to be dull;

  * e.g., " ... an uncle who tells the same moth-eaten stories every Thanksgiving "

•  Synonyms : 

•  banal,

•  cliché,

•  clichéd,

•  cobwebby,

•  commonplace,

•  hack,

•  hackney,

•  hackneyed,

•  musty,

•  obligatory,

•  shopworn,

•  stale,

•  stereotyped,

•  threadbare,

•  timeworn,

•  tired,

•  trite,

•  well-worn

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)