time-tested

time-test·ed

(tīm′tĕs′tĭd)adj. Proved effective over a long period of time: a time-tested recipe.

time′-test`ed

adj. tested and proven valid, workable, etc., over a long period of time. [1940–45]

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Adj.

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time-tested - tested and proved to be reliable tried and true, tested, trieddependable, reliable - worthy of reliance or trust; "a reliable source of information"; "a dependable worker"