HACKNEYED
Dictionary entry overview: What does hackneyed mean? • HACKNEYED (adjective)
The adjective HACKNEYED has 1 sense:
1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Familiarity information: HACKNEYED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HACKNEYED (adjective)
Meaning:
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Synonyms:
banal; trite; timeworn; threadbare; stock; old-hat; hackneyed; shopworn; tired; well-worn; commonplace
Context examples:
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'
Similar:
unoriginal (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual)
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