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adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
EnglishEnglish
Definition

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Examples

  • 1.a stock answer
  • 2.repeating threadbare jokes
  • 3.hackneyed phrases
  • 4.bromidic sermons
  • 5.the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
  • 6.his remarks were trite and commonplace
  • 7.parroting some timeworn axiom

Synonyms

  • repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

  • repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

  • repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

  • repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

  • repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

  • repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

  • repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

  • repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

  • repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

  • repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

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