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hackneyed
adjective
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
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ˈhækniːd
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adjective
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
“his remarks were trite and commonplace”
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his remarks were trite and commonplace
hackneyed phrases
a stock answer
repeating threadbare jokes
parroting some timeworn axiom
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