hackneyed

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Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
22
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈhækniːd/

Definition of hackneyed

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Repeated too often.
    “The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.”
    “It was a great success, that Irish stew. I don’t think I ever enjoyed a meal more. There was something so fresh and piquant about it. One's palate gets so tired of the old hackneyed things: here was a dish with a new flavour, with a taste like nothing else on earth.”
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adj

  1. Repeated too often.
    “The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.”
    “It was a great success, that Irish stew. I don’t think I ever enjoyed a meal more. There was something so fresh and piquant about it. One's palate gets so tired of the old hackneyed things: here was a dish with a new flavour, with a taste like nothing else on earth.”
  2. (dated)Let out for hire.

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of hackney

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Etymology

From hackney + -ed.

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