What is the meaning of hackneyed?

Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
- usage: "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'"
- synonyms: banal, commonplace, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn

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APA	WordNet. (2010). Hackneyed. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/hackneyed/definitions/1175219
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