| old(beat, hard, common, tired, sour) |
| out-of-date(dull, hard, common, tired, old) |
| pabulum(stupid, ordinary, commonplace, bland, predictable) |
| prosaic |
| prose |
| square(stupid, ordinary, commonplace, bland, predictable) |
| stupid(ordinary, commonplace, bland, unsophisticated, predictable) |
| tasteless(adjective, hard, old, sour, puny) |
| tripe(common, stupid, ordinary, tired, commonplace) |
| twice-told |
| unimaginative(adjective, dull, stupid, ordinary, commonplace) |
| used-up(dull, flat, conventional, trite, hackneyed) |
| watery(hard, stupid, ordinary, commonplace, old) |
| wishy-washy(stupid, ordinary, commonplace, bland, predictable) |
| zero(stupid, ordinary, commonplace, puny, bland) |
| additory(wornout, isochronal, summative) |
| archetypal(adjective, typical) |
| beat-up |
| bent(dull, hard, tired, old, sour) |
| boiler plate(expression, commonplace, wornout) |