TIMEWORN

banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn

(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’”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

timeworn (comparative more timeworn, superlative most timeworn)

Showing the effects of wear due to long use.

Trite or banal; overused or hackneyed.

Synonyms

• (showing the effects of wear): shopworn, threadbare, timeworn, well-worn

• (trite or banal; overused or hackneyed, i.e. repeated too often): banal, commonplace, clichéd, stock, tired, trite, unoriginal. See also hackneyed

Source: Wiktionary

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