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hackneyed

hack·neyed

UK/ˈhæk.nid/ US/ˈhæknɪi̯d/ uncommon dated

adjective

1.

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

  • “bromidic sermons”
  • “his remarks were trite and commonplace”
  • “hackneyed phrases”
  • “a stock answer”
  • “repeating threadbare jokes”
  • “parroting some timeworn axiom”
  • “the trite metaphor”
  • “'”

Origin

From hackney + -ed.

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