What part of speech is hackneyed?

Hackneyed can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. hackneyed is a verb, past participle of hackney (infinitive).
  • 2. hackneyed is a verb, past simple of hackney (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does hackneyed mean?

Definitions

Adjective

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'"

Verb

hackney - To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
hackney - To use as a hackney.

Examples of hackneyed

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Hackneyed phrases.
Sentence  
adj.
Hackneyed phrases.

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