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Adjective
S:
(adj)
banal
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commonplace
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hackneyed
,
old-hat
,
shopworn
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stock
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threadbare
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timeworn
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tired
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trite
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well-worn
(repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse)
"bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
S:
(adj)
antique
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demode
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ex
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old-fashioned
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old-hat
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outmoded
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passe
,
passee
(out of fashion)
"a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"