clichéd

[klee-sheyd, kli-]

adjective

1. full of or characterized by clichés.

   a clichéd, boring speech.

2. representing or expressing a cliché or stereotype; trite; hackneyed; commonplace.

   the old clichéd argument that girls are more affectionate than boys.

Word History and Origins

Origin of clichéd¹

First recorded in 1925–30; cliché ( def. ) + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Also subtlety: The musical wilts under the weight of its many bombastic numbers and passages of clichéd dialogue.

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Culture and camaraderie might be clichéd traits easy to point to in the wake of any World Series championship, but they were nonetheless present in the Dodgers’ quest to repeat this year.

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In his first few years out of power, Cheney was invited on TV to rail against Obama’s foreign policy, but, especially after Obama ordered the raid on Osama bin Laden’s lair and ordered hundreds of drone strikes in Afghanistan and elsewhere, the tirades against Obama’s supposed weakness seemed not only clichéd but simply wrong.

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Last year’s superb Bob Dylan picture “A Complete Unknown” admirably avoided these clichéd methods.

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Once or twice, I fretted Raiff might be steering his ship to some cliched dark outcome, but I needn’t have worried.

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