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Hackneyed
see synonyms of hackneyedAdjective
1. banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Example Sentences:'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''
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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