adj. commonplace; trite; lacking force or significance because of overuse.
His essay was a hackneyed attempt at writing.
His essay was a hackneyed attempt at writing.
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But something very curious and out of the ordinary happened on the way to the hackneyed graveyard; the American consumer woke up.
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tired; common; commonplace
fresh; new; original; uncommon
2 syllables
hack-neyed
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