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Hackneyed /ˈhæknid/

📖 Adjective 🔥 advanced

Definitions

📝 (Of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused.

🇮🇳 घिसा-पिटा / साधारण

💡 Simple: So used up that it has no meaning anymore.

The plot of the movie was full of hackneyed situations.

🔄 Word Forms

hackneyed (past participle used as adj)

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🔗 Collocations

hackneyed expression hackneyed metaphor

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📍 Usage Context

Literary and art reviews.

📚 Grammar Notes

A 'deep link' to **Banal**; specifically used for language and art.

From 'Hackney' (a town in London where horses were kept for hire).

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