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shelfworn

shelfworn is the alternative form of shelf-worn.

Meaning of shelf-worn

Adjective

shelf-worn (comparative more shelf-worn, superlative most shelf-worn)

  1. Of a book etc.: exhibiting superficial damage from having been repeatedly removed from and replaced on a shelf.

Forms of shelfworn

comparativemore shelfworn
superlativemost shelfworn

Questions about shelfworn

What is shelfworn the alternative form of?
Shelfworn is the alternative form of shelf-worn.

Words near shelfworn in the dictionary

  1. shelfward
  2. shelfwards
  3. shelfware
  4. shelfwork
  5. shelfworks
  6. shelfworn
  7. shelfworthy
  8. shelfy
  9. shelgeese
  10. shelgoose
  11. Shelia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shelfworn (page history and authors); shelf-worn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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