hackneyed Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
well-worn; commonplace; tired; old-hat; timeworn; trite; banal; threadbare; shopworn; stock.
- bromidic sermons
- his remarks were trite and commonplace
- hackneyed phrases
- a stock answer
- repeating threadbare jokes
- parroting some timeworn axiom
- the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
