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Adjective(1) (2) repeated too often(3) overfamiliar through overuse(4) clichu00e9d(5) tired

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(1) However, the story and the manner of its telling are alike hackneyed , dull, and pointless.(2) The final hour has long past on the horror spoof and, sadly, all that's left is hackneyed jokes and trite dialogue.(3) History should be about forcing people to challenge their perceptions, not reinforcing hackneyed stereotypes of the past.(4) Secondly, it was full to overflowing of hackneyed sexist stereotypes.(5) The script is hackneyed , riddled with stereotypes and offers nothing that hasn't been seen in every single gangster film ever made.(6) We've heard Beethoven so many times that there is always a danger of it falling into a hackneyed mode of routine playing.(7) The blame, say critics, lies with the hackneyed , highly predictable plots.(8) His boss can take even a hackneyed phrase and let it dangle suggestively in the air until a dozen meanings reveal themselves.(9) But the key to stock market glory isn't contained in some hackneyed phrase.(10) Their books use hackneyed plotlines, stock characters, and omission of inconvenient facts.(11) They also provide English with a number of now rather hackneyed phrases like u2018to cry wolfu2019.(12) It's a trite and hackneyed old platitude - but sometimes, you do just have to stop and look at what's around you.(13) But a closer look reveals there's more to this course than a hackneyed phrase.(14) It is littered with hackneyed phrases and lazy commonplaces.(15) This year's summit has been accompanied by the usual round of hackneyed phrases about the need to end poverty.(16) Maybe it's time to trot out that hackneyed phrase about u2018the pace of modern lifeu2019.
Related Words
(1) hackney
(2) hackneyed expression
Synonyms
Adjective
5. timeworn
6. platitudinous
7. vapid
8. stale
9. tired
10. threadbare
12. banal
13. hack
15. hoary
16. commonplace
17. common
18. ordinary
19. stock
20. conventional
21. stereotyped
23. unimaginative
24. unoriginal
25. uninspired
26. prosaic
27. dull
28. boring
30. pedestrian
31. run-of-the-mill
32. boilerplate
33. routine
35. cheesy
36. corny


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