timeworn

timeworn
adjective
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse (Freq. 1)
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bromidic sermons

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his remarks were trite and commonplace

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hackneyed phrases

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a stock answer

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repeating threadbare jokes

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parroting some timeworn axiom

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the trite metaphor `hard as nails'

Syn:
Similar to: ↑unoriginal
Derivationally related forms: ↑triteness (for: ↑trite), ↑commonplace (for: ↑commonplace), ↑banality (for: ↑banal)

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