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Definitions of hackneyed in various dictionaries:
adj - repeated too often
Overfamiliar through overuse; trite.
adj - of a kind to be expected in the normal order of events
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| Overfamiliar through overuse trite. |
| (of a phrase or idea) having been overused unoriginal and trite. |
| repeated too often overfamiliar through overuse |
| A hackneyed phrase or idea has been said or used so often that it has become boring and has no meaning: |
| used or said so often that it seems ordinary, meaningless, or not sincere: |
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A cliché or cliche ( or ) is an expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, even to the point of being trite or irritating, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel.In phraseology, the term has taken on a more technical meaning, referring to an expression imposed by conventionalized linguistic usage. The term is frequently used in modern culture for an action or idea that is expected or predictable, based on a prior event. Typically pejorative, "clichés" may or may not be true. Some are stereotypes, but some are simply truisms and facts. Clichés often are employed for comic effect, typically in fiction. * Most phrases now considered clichéd originally were regarded as striking, but have lost their force through overuse. The French poet Gérard de Nerval once said, "The first man who compared woman to a rose was a poet, the second, an imbecile."A cliché is often a vivid d |