Synset

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
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banal

commonplace

hackneyed

old-hat

shopworn

stock

threadbare

timeworn

tired

trite

well-worn

sample sentences

"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'"