hackneyed

Definition

Repeated too often.

Etymology

From hackney + -ed.

Example Sentences

• "The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes."
• "It was a great success, that Irish stew. I don’t think I ever enjoyed a meal more. There was something so fresh and piquant about it. One's palate gets so tired of the old hackneyed things: here was a dish with a new flavour, with a taste like nothing else on earth."

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