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old-hat

old·hat

uncommon

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”
  • “'”
2.

out of fashion

  • “a suit of rather antique appearance”
  • “demode (or outmoded) attire”
  • “outmoded ideas”

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