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