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: January 15, 2025
\HAK-need\ adjective
What It Means
Something is considered hackneyed when it is not interesting, funny, etc., because of being used too often; in other words, it's neither fresh nor original.
// The new crime drama's characters are shallow stereotypes who engage one another in hackneyed dialogue.
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