oft-used

See also: oftused and oft used

English

Alternative forms

• oftused
• oft used

Adjective

oft-used (not comparable)

1. Frequently used.

   Antonyms: little-used, underused, unused

   Hyponym: overused

   The "invisible hand" is an oft-used metaphor for the free market.

   • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:

     The late Professor Pat White was an outspoken critic. In his 1986 book Forgotten Railways, he dismissed as smoke and mirrors the oft-used argument that 33% of rail routes carried only 1% of the traffic, as it ignores the fact that a third of the national road network also only carried 2% of cars and lorries. But unlike rail, road got away with it because no mention was made of how much it cost the taxpayer to keep them usable.

See also

• ill-used
• shopworn