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· hackneyed
adjective
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
"his remarks were trite and commonplace"
Similar words
banal
commonplace
old-hat
shopworn
stock
threadbare
timeworn
tired
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).