hackneyed
adj/ˈhækniːd/
Etymology
From hackney + -ed.
- inherited from hakeney
Definitions
Repeated too often.
- The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.
Let out for hire.
simple past and past participle of hackney
The neighborhood
- synonymbanal
- synonymbathetic
- synonymbromidic
- synonymcheesy
- synonymclichéd
- synonymcommonplace
- synonymcorny
- synonymdog-eared
- synonymhackneyed
- synonymhoary
- synonymoverdone
- synonymoverused
- antonymfresh
- antonymnew
- antonymoriginal
- neighborboring
- neighborcookie-cutter
- neighbormediocre
- neighbormonotonous
- neighborunoriginal
- neighborsaying
- neighborcommon
- neighborrepeated
- neighborrepetitive
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at hackneyed. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at hackneyed. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at hackneyed
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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