hackneyed

adjective

hackneyed old sayings:

overused, overworked, overdone, worn out, time-worn, platitudinous, vapid, stale, tired, threadbare;

trite, banal, hack, clichéd, hoary, commonplace, common, ordinary, stock, conventional, stereotyped, predictable;

unimaginative, unoriginal, derivative, uninspired, prosaic, dull, boring, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, routine, humdrum;

informal old hat, corny, played out, hacky;

North American, informal cornball, dime-store;

rare truistic, bromidic.

▷antonyms original, fresh.

choose the right word	hackneyed, trite, stale
See trite.

hackneyed Oxford Dictionary of English