| hackneyed(adjective, dull, flat, usual, commonplace) |
| hackneyed phrase(noun, expression, commonplace, chestnut, corn) |
| high camp(noun, expression, dull, dullness, commonplace) |
| hokey(adjective, dull, flat, tired, commonplace) |
| hokum(noun, dull, dullness, commonplace, tag) |
| jejune(adjective, dull, set, flat, silly) |
| matter-of-course(adjective, usual, normal, commonplace, obvious) |
| mildewed(adjective, dull, set, flat, silly) |
| motto(noun, dull, dullness, commonplace, tag) |
| musty(adjective, dull, set, flat, silly) |
| old chestnut(noun, expression, adjective, dull, tired) |
| old hat(expression, adjective, dull, flat, silly) |
| ordinary(adjective, dull, flat, usual, commonplace) |
| overused(noun, adjective, dull, flat, commonplace) |
| plate(noun, ordinariness, chestnut, triteness, predictability) |
| platitudinal(adjective, dull, flat, conventional, trite) |
| platitudinous(adjective, dull, flat, silly, commonplace) |
| potboiler(noun, dull, dullness, commonplace, tag) |
| prosaism(noun, commonplace, plate, chestnut, corn) |
| prose |