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| 1. | [ adjective ] repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | |
| Synonyms: | threadbare stock timeworn trite shopworn well-worn tired commonplace old-hat banal | |
| 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'" |
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| Related terms: | unoriginal | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | |
| Synonyms: | timeworn trite stock threadbare well-worn commonplace tired shopworn banal | |
| 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'" |
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| Related terms: | unoriginal | |
