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cliched

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cli·chéd also cli·ched  (kl-shd)
adj.
Having become stale or commonplace through overuse; hackneyed: "In the States, it might seem a little clichéd; in Paris, it seems fresh and original" (Nina Martin).
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Adj.1.cliched - repeated regularly without thought or originality; "ready-made phrases"
ready-made
unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham
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cliched clichéd [ˈkliːʃeɪd] ADJ [image, view, argument] → manido, muy visto; [song] → de siempre
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