hackneyed
adjectiveUK /ˈhæk.nid/
US /ˈhæk.nid/
Something hackneyed is said so many times that it is boring.
The movie's ending was a hackneyed idea we had seen many times before.
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2. Made dull or ordinary by being used too much.
His speech was full of hackneyed phrases.
3. No longer fresh or interesting because of constant repetition.
The hackneyed jokes made the audience groan.
4. Lacking originality; copied from what everyone else says.
She avoided hackneyed plots in her stories.