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[ hak-need ] / ˈhæk nid / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hackneyed ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivemade commonplace or trite; stale; banal: the hackneyed images of his poetry. Origin of hackneyedFirst recorded in 1740–50; hackney + -ed2 SYNONYMS FOR hackneyedoverdone, overused. SEE SYNONYMS FOR hackneyed ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for hackneyedSee commonplace. OTHER WORDS FROM hackneyednon·hack·neyed, adjectiveun·hack·neyed, adjectiveWords nearby hackneyedhackly, hackman, hackmatack, hackney, hackney coach, hackneyed, hack off, hacksaw, hacktivism, hacktivist, hackwork Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hackneyedEven the harmonized choral accents are hackneyed, ripped straight from her previous mega-hit “You Belong with Me.” Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’: Country’s Prodigal Daughter Creates the Best Pop Album of the Year|Marlow Stern|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Hackneyed chestnuts like that are reserved for old toastmasters, and yet, there we were. From Moscow to Queens, Down Sergei Dovlatov Way|Daniel Genis|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Sometimes Allen retools a hackneyed plot and the bones show through—not this time. Woody Allen’s Best & Worst Movies: ‘Annie Hall’ ‘Match Point’ & More (Video)|Malcolm Jones|July 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST Hackneyed and dull, it feels like a lazy throwback in every sense of the word. Fall-Winter TV Preview: Snap Judgments of 2013–14’s New Shows|Jace Lacob, Kevin Fallon|July 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Everything seemed too hackneyed or unconvincing or simply impossible. A Mathematically Impossible Novel: Manil Suri Explains “The City of Devi”|Manil Suri|March 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST The hackneyed recitation, if rendered better than ever before, will win more applause than a fresh bit carelessly studied. Recitations for the Social Circle|James Clarence Harvey I sat down at the writing-table and wrote a letter on the hackneyed subject of my unhappy love affair. The Confession of a Fool|August Strindberg Many words become so hackneyed as to be no longer impressive. English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day|Walter W. Skeat And are you, my dear friend, to be duped by this hackneyed word? Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)|Maria Edgeworth Hill was a compiler of books and a hackneyed practitioner in the arts of that profession. The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, June 1835|Various
British Dictionary definitions for hackneyed
adjective(of phrases, fashions, etc) used so often as to be trite, dull, and stereotyped Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hackneyedtimeworn, corny, trite, banal, stale, threadbare, well-worn, antiquated, common, commonplace, conventional, everyday, hokey, moth-eaten, obsolete, old, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, overworked |