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Hackneyed

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Definitions for Hackneyed

adjective
repeated too often
Synonyms
banal commonplace old-hat shopworn stock(a) threadbare timeworn tired trite well-worn
Examples
  1. overfamiliar through overuse
  2. bromidic sermons
  3. his remarks were trite and commonplace
  4. hackneyed phrases
  5. a stock answer
  6. repeating threadbare jokes
  7. parroting some timeworn axiom
  8. the trite metaphor `hard as nails'

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