Know Your Next Word : hackneyed





2. hackneyed :



adjective :

made commonplace or trite



usage :

  • the hackneyed images of his poetry

  • As cold as ice is a hackneyed expression.

  • Michael's book was full of clichés and hackneyed phrases.

  • The creationism issue had been discussed so much as to become hackneyed.



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