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hackneyed
Meaning: overused and therefore lacking freshness
hackneyed in a sentence
How hackneyed is used in real sentences:
'Love at first sight' is a hackneyed phrase.
'Love at first sight' is a hackneyed phrase.
“The design also avoided the hackneyed image of sleep research as a person lying stiffly beneath a white laboratory ceiling.”
— from the passage Signals After Midnight
Synonyms for hackneyed
Other words for hackneyed — cliché, trite and banal — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of hackneyed
Words that mean the opposite of hackneyed:
- original
- novel
- fresh
Where it comes from
From Hackney, London — where horses were rented until worn out
Memory hook
HACKNEYED like an old HACK, worn out from overuse.