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Antonyms for hackneyed
ˈhæk nidhack·neyed

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  1. hackneyedadjective

    Synonyms:
    commonplace, timeworn, banal, clichéd, tired, threadbare, stock, well-worn, shopworn, unoriginal, trite

  2. hackneyedadjective

    Repeated too often.

    The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.

    Synonyms:
    commonplace, tired, threadbare, well-worn, clichéd, banal, trite, shopworn, stock, timeworn, unoriginal

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  1. banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-wornadjective

    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'"

    Antonyms:
    original

How to use hackneyed in a sentence?

  1. Richard Bernstein:

    Right now, we view investing in the current environment using the hackneyed phrase of 'catching a falling knife,' we see no need to rush into markets.

  2. Robert Mitchum:

    I never take any notice of reviews-unless a critic has thought up some new way of describing me. That old one about my lizard eyes and anteater nose and the way I sleep my way through pictures is so hackneyed now.

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