Adjective: hackneyed hak-need
- Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
"hackneyed phrases";
- banal, commonplace, old-hat [informal], shopworn [N. Amer], stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn, shop-soiled [Brit]
See also: clichéd, cornball [N. Amer, informal], hacky [informal], unoriginal
Encyclopedia: Hackneyed