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Adjective
banal
commonplace
hackneyed
old-hat
shopworn
stock
threadbare
timeworn
tired
trite
well-worn
Definition: 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'"
threadbare
Definition: having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"
Definition: shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show