figurative. Decrepit; outmoded, antiquated. Obsolete.

figurative. Of a word, phrase, etc.: spoilt by too much use; hackneyed, stale.

Deliberate, intentional. Of phrases, forms of expression: Deliberately composed, not spontaneously arising. Also, customary, ‘stereotyped.’ Cf. 5d.

figurative in reference to intellectual or literary topics: Kept in stock for use; commonly used or brought forward, constantly appearing or…

Of a phrase, subject, etc.: made trite, uninteresting, or commonplace through familiarity or overuse; stale, tired; banal. Cf. hackney, v. 2a.

depreciative. Not interesting or original; trite.

figurative. = stereotyped, adj. b. Now somewhat rare.

Usually figurative. Fixed or perpetuated in an unchanging form. (Most commonly of phrases or formulas of speech, or the like; rarely of persons.)…

Lacking originality; hackneyed; cf. hack, n.2 4.

figurative. Fixed, unchanging: = stereotype, n. 3, stereotyped, adj. b.

Hackneyed, trite; = clichéd, adj.

Hackneyed, trite; characterized by clichés.