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English > 1 sense of the word hackneyed:
ADJECTIVEallhackneyed, banal, commonplace, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-wornrepeated / repeated too often
hackneyed > pronunciation
Soundshhae'kniyd
Rhymesaccede ... worried: 103 rhymes with iyd...
English > hackneyed: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningrepeated / repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
Example "hackneyed phrases"
Synonymsbanal, commonplace, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
Broaderunoriginalnot original