Hackneyed
ahd-5
adjective.
Overfamiliar through overuse; trite.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Trite; commonplace; threadbare: as, a
hackneyed
subject.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Repeated
too
often
.
verb.
Simple past tense and past participle of
hackney
.
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adjective.
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Word Usage
"This along with others is listed under the headword "hackneyed phrases.""
Equivalent
unoriginal
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
age-old
banal
catchy
colloquial
commonplace
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
antediluvian
antiquated
archaic
automatic
back-number
verb-stem
hackney