Definition of hackneyed Hackneyed
/hæˈknid/ - [hakneed] - hack•neyed
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| 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, commonplace, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn | ||
| 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 (imp. & p. p.)
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hackneyed
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
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