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Meaning
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(adjective) 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'"
well-worn, old-hat, shopworn, timeworn, banal, commonplace, hackneyed, stock, trite, tired, threadbare
means
(adjective) dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons"
corny, platitudinal, bromidic, platitudinous
means
(adjective) having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"
threadbare
means
(adjective) completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"
commonplace
means
(adjective) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
commonplace, prosaic, humdrum, unglamourous, unglamorous
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