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hackneyedhack‧neyed /ˈhæknid/ adjective   hackneyedOrigin: 1700-1800 hackney ‘to use (a horse) for ordinary riding, to use (something) too much’ (16-19 centuries), from hackney ‘horse for ordinary riding’ (14-20 centuries), probably from Hackney, area in London, England where horses were once kept - All those slogans we used to chant sound so hackneyed now.
- Politicians tend to repeat the same hackneyed expressions over and over again.
- But this kind of excited appreciation of naturalism in characterisation was not yet hackneyed.
- He asserted that a modern artist should be in tune with his times, careful to avoid hackneyed subjects.
- I worried it was hackneyed, an embarrassment.
- Is there any point in returning to these hackneyed images of the heroic Far West?
- So what if her first original words in months were the most hackneyed.
- This features the most hackneyed sections of the soundtrack of Casablanca.
- This may sound hackneyed, but he really did treat the bar girls as ladies.
words, remarks, ideas etc that have been used too much► over-used used too much and therefore no longer interesting or effective: · 'Creative' is an over-used word nowadays and is difficult to define.· His lecture turned out to be full of unoriginal material and over-used examples. ► stale no longer interesting or exciting because of having been used too much: · Nicholson's routine was full of stale old jokes that we'd all heard before.· stale advertising images ► trite a trite remark, idea etc has been used so often, that is seems boring or not sincere: · I know it might sound like a trite remark, but mothers usually know best. ► be wearing thin if an excuse, an argument, someone's behaviour etc is wearing thin , it has been used so often that it no longer has any effect and is annoying: · Her rebellious teenager act is wearing thin. After all, she's nearly twenty-five.be wearing a bit/a little thin: · That joke is wearing a bit thin now, Stuart. ► clichéd speech, writing or an idea that is clichéd is boring and without real meaning, because it is not original at all: · the clichéd openings of jokes like, "Have you heard the one about...?"· We work well together and we are really good friends. I know it sounds clichéd but it's the truth. ► hackneyed a hackneyed phrase, statement etc is boring and does not have much meaning because it has been used so often before: · Politicians tend to repeat the same hackneyed expressions over and over again.· All those slogans we used to chant sound so hackneyed now. a hackneyed phrase is boring and does not have much meaning because it has been used so often |