hackneyed
/ˈhæk.nid/
adjective
- Used so often that it has become boring, unoriginal, or lacking in meaning.
- The movie's plot was hackneyed, with the same predictable love story we've seen a hundred times.
- Instead of using hackneyed metaphors, the poet found fresh ways to describe the sunset.
- His speech was full of hackneyed phrases like 'thinking outside the box' that made the audience yawn.