Oft-used
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Oft-used is an adjective meaning Frequently used.
Meaning
Frequently used.
Example Sentences
The "invisible hand" is an oft-used metaphor for the free market.
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.
Word Forms
- oftused
Antonyms for oft-used
Common opposites include little-used, underused, unused.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include often, normofrequent, fewsome, favoritest, fave, hard.
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