hackneyed

[ hak-need ]
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adjective
  1. made commonplace or trite; stale; banal: the hackneyed images of his poetry.

Origin of hackneyed

1
First recorded in 1740–50; hackney + -ed2

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Other words from hackneyed

  • non·hack·neyed, adjective
  • un·hack·neyed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for hackneyed

hackneyed

/ (ˈhæknɪd) /


adjective
  1. (of phrases, fashions, etc) used so often as to be trite, dull, and stereotyped

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