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hackneyed definition
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Overview of adj hackneyed The adj hackneyed has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn -- (repeated too often overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'") Antonyms of adj hackneyed 1 sense of hackneyed Sense 1 banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock(postnominal), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn INDIRECT (VIA unoriginal) -> original Similarity of adj hackneyed 1 sense of hackneyed Sense 1 banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock(postnominal), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn => unoriginal (vs. original) Attributes of adj hackneyed Familiarity of adj hackneyed hackneyed used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj hackneyed hackneyed Overview of adj hackneyed The adj hackneyed has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn -- (repeated too often overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'")
hackneyed definition
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