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Hackneyed

Adjective

hackneyed

  1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;.
    The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.

Synonyms

banal, commonplace, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare , timeworn , tired, trite, unoriginal , well-worn

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