Local English word record

hackneyed

adjective · 1 sense

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

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Examples

  • bromidic sermons
  • his remarks were trite and commonplace
  • hackneyed phrases
  • a stock answer
  • repeating threadbare jokes

Word relationships

Synonyms

banal, commonplace, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn

Source and method

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Princeton WordNet 3.0