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hackneyed

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hack·neyed  (hknd)
adj.
Overfamiliar through overuse; trite.
hackneyed [hak-need]
Adjective
(of a word or phrase) unoriginal and overused
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Adj.1.hackneyedhackneyed - 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
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 << OPPOSITE original
Translations
hackneyed [ˈhæknɪd] adj → trillado, gastado
hackneyed [ˈhæknɪd] adj → usé(e) → rebattu(e)
hackneyed [ˈhæknɪd] adj → abgedroschen
hackneyed [ˈhæknɪd] adj → comune, trito/a


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To a people of this nature the Homeric epos would be inacceptable, and the post-Homeric epic, with its conventional atmosphere, its trite and hackneyed diction, and its insincere sentiment, would be anathema.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
He seemed to express himself with difficulty, as though words were not the medium with which his mind worked; and you had to guess the intentions of his soul by hackneyed phrases, slang, and vague, unfinished gestures.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
But that expression of violently in love' is so hackneyed, so doubtful, so indefinite, that it gives me very little idea.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
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