hackneyed

hack·neyed  (hknd)

adj.

Overfamiliar through overuse; trite.

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hackneyed [ˈhæknɪd]

adj

(of phrases, fashions, etc.) used so often as to be trite, dull, and stereotyped

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

hackneyed - 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 `hard as nails'" banal, old-hat, stock, threadbare, timeworn, trite, well-worn, tired, shopworn, commonplace 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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hackneyed

adjective clichéd, stock, tired, common, stereotyped, pedestrian, played out (informal), commonplace, worn-out, stale, overworked, banal, run-of-the-mill, threadbare, trite, unoriginal, timeworn That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it's true.
new, original, fresh, novel, unusual, striking, imaginative

Translations

hackneyed [ˈhæknɪd] ADJ [saying, expression] → trillado, gastado

hackneyed [ˈhæknid] adj [image] → banal(e), vu(e) et revu(e); [phrase, expression] → éculé(e)

hackneyed

adj (Brit) phrase, word, metaphor, theme → abgenutzt, abgedroschen (inf); photograph, image → stereotyp; hackneyed idea → Klischee nt, → Klischeevorstellung f

hackneyed [ˈhæknɪd] adj (saying) → trito/a
hackneyed expression → luogo comune