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  2. HACKNEYED definition: 1. A hackneyed phrase or idea has been said or used so often that it has become boring and has no…. Learn more.

    • Hackneyed in Traditional Chinese

      HACKNEYED translate: (語詞或觀點)陳腐的,老套的. Learn more in the...

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  3. If you describe something such as a saying or an image as hackneyed, you think it is no longer likely to interest, amuse, or affect people because it has been used, seen, or heard many times before. Power corrupts and absolute power absolutely corrupts. That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it's true. ...hackneyed postcard snaps of lochs and glens.

  4. Definitions of 'hackneyed'. If you describe something such as a saying or an image as hackneyed, you think it is no longer likely to interest, amuse, or affect people because it has been used, seen, or heard many times before. [...] More.

  5. There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective hackneyed, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

  6. A complete guide to the word "HACKNEYED": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

  7. Hackneyed definition: made commonplace or trite; stale; banal. See examples of HACKNEYED used in a sentence.

  8. Definition of hackneyed adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.