hackneyed

Words with a similar base: hackneyed

'hackneyed'

[banal.s.01] as in: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

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'

Origins

					hackneyed (English)
├── -ed (English)
│   └── -od (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── hackney (English)

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