OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 6659

hackneyed

/ˈhækniːd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
gastado • manido • manoseado • sobado • traído y llevado • trillado • tópico
Repeated too often.
It was a great success, that Irish stew. I don’t think I ever enjoyed a meal more. There was something so fresh and piquant about it. One's palate gets so tired of the old hackneye…
The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.