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hackneyed
[ hak-need ]
/ ËhĂŠk nid /
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adjective
made commonplace or trite; stale; banal: the hackneyed images of his poetry.
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See commonplace.
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British Dictionary definitions for hackneyed
hackneyed
/ (ËhĂŠknÉȘd) /
adjective
(of phrases, fashions, etc) used so often as to be trite, dull, and stereotyped
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