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hackneyed
adjective
(hack-neyed)
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Synonyms:
banal
,
commonplace
, old-hat,
shopworn
,
stock
,
threadbare
,
timeworn
,
tired
,
trite
, well-worn,
Examples:
Hackneyed phrases.
Words Related to
hackneyed
!
trite
,
unoriginal
,
banal
,
shopworn
,
timeworn
,
threadbare
,
tired
,
commonplace
,
stock
,
well-worn
,
stale
,
cliched
,
formulaic
,
corny
,
melodramatic
,
unimaginative
,
hokey
,
vacuous
,
vapid
,
insipid
,
tiresome
,
mawkish
,
maudlin
,
simplistic
,
sappy
,
cheesy
,
puerile
,
nonsensical
,
platitudinous
,
unfunny
,
lame
,
uninteresting
,
bland
,
schmaltzy
,
pretentious
,
fatuous
,
overwrought
,
crass
,
sophomoric
,
cutesy
,
silly
,
monotonous
,
anachronistic
,
stilted
,
laughable
,
uncreative
,
repetitious
,
uninventive
,
treacly
,
glib
,
overfamiliar
,
cloying
,
hoariest
,
rote
,
sententious
,
overdetermined
,
bathetic
,
artless
,
saccharine
,
turgid
,
platitudinize
,
dopey
,
hacky
,
leaden
,
unentertaining
,
cynical
,
comical
,
preachy
,
pithy
,
unsubtle
,
cringeworthy
,
risible
,
witless
,
jejune
,
slapstick
,
unamusing
,
humerous
,
mirthless
,
absurdist
,
unaffecting
,
nauseating
,
moronic
,
grandiloquent
,
punny
,
unquotable
,
execrable
,
wearisome
,
obtuse
,
parodic
,
jokey
,
snide
,
mordant
,
contentless
,
facile
,
mealymouthed
,
reductive
,
snappy
,
stagey
,
overlong
,
farcical
,
hackneyed
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