Used in a Sentence

warmed-over

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for warmed-over.

Editorial note

Your article seems like warmed-over John Birch Society material from the 60s.

Examples10
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(of cooked food) reheated

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of warmed-over gathered in one view.

adjective

(of cooked food) reheated

adjective

(by extension) clichéd, overused or stale

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for warmed-over.

Example sentences

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Your article seems like warmed-over John Birch Society material from the 60s.

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Does anyone still think this is a democracy?) Or maybe all the lefty economists decided implicitly to push this particular warmed-over cliche as a great innovation.

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Today's pessimistic sci-fi is really just warmed-over teen romance or paint-by-numbers action/adventure with dystopian settings, a lot of it written (and selected for publication) to capitalize on a trend.

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Not this warmed-over, iterative solipsism.

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The spiritual tradition from which the author of this piece speaks -- and it's more warmed-over quasi-hippiedom than anything genuinely Pagan or Druidic -- is a repeated affirmation of precisely that.

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One of the lovely things about being older is having the confidence to be able to be able to point out that the latest fad is just a warmed-over rehash of something old.

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If Go becomes the next Java, the inventors of C would set the programming world decades back in the past for the second time That quote succinctly captures the essence of the problem with Go: it's warmed-over hash.

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> One of the lovely things about being older is having the confidence to be able to be able to point out that the latest fad is just a warmed-over rehash of something old.

Quote examples

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Future teachers receive a warmed-over set of homilies about preparing “the whole child” and “student-centered learning” (with the requisite homage to philosopher and education theorist John Dewey) instead of a serious intellectual initiation into the subjects in which teachers will have to instruct students.

Proper noun examples

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Warmed-over Peter Thiel and Tyler Cowen.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use warmed-over in a sentence?

Your article seems like warmed-over John Birch Society material from the 60s.

What does warmed-over mean?

(of cooked food) reheated

What part of speech is warmed-over?

warmed-over is commonly used as adjective.