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A Writer's Dictionary:

hackneyed Definition


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hackneyed
adj
    1. Meaningless and trite through too much use; commonplace.
      Thesaurus: trite, banal, pedestrian, stale, clichéd, stock, commonplace, threadbare, overworked, tired, bromidic.
Etymology: 18c.



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