English to Shona Meaning of hackneyed - hackneyed

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Definitions of hackneyed in English

Adjective

Examples of hackneyed in English

(1) However, the story and the manner of its telling are alike hackneyed , dull, and pointless.(2) The final hour has long past on the horror spoof and, sadly, all that's left is hackneyed jokes and trite dialogue.(3) History should be about forcing people to challenge their perceptions, not reinforcing hackneyed stereotypes of the past.(4) Secondly, it was full to overflowing of hackneyed sexist stereotypes.(5) The script is hackneyed , riddled with stereotypes and offers nothing that hasn't been seen in every single gangster film ever made.(6) We've heard Beethoven so many times that there is always a danger of it falling into a hackneyed mode of routine playing.(7) The blame, say critics, lies with the hackneyed , highly predictable plots.(8) His boss can take even a hackneyed phrase and let it dangle suggestively in the air until a dozen meanings reveal themselves.(9) But the key to stock market glory isn't contained in some hackneyed phrase.(10) Their books use hackneyed plotlines, stock characters, and omission of inconvenient facts.(11) They also provide English with a number of now rather hackneyed phrases like ‘to cry wolf’.(12) It's a trite and hackneyed old platitude - but sometimes, you do just have to stop and look at what's around you.(13) But a closer look reveals there's more to this course than a hackneyed phrase.(14) It is littered with hackneyed phrases and lazy commonplaces.(15) This year's summit has been accompanied by the usual round of hackneyed phrases about the need to end poverty.(16) Maybe it's time to trot out that hackneyed phrase about ‘the pace of modern life’.

Related Phrases of hackneyed

(1) hackney ::

hackney

(2) hackneyed expression ::

hackneyed okuti

Related Phrases of hackneyed

(1) hackney ::

hackney

(2) hackneyed expression ::

hackneyed okuti

Synonyms

Adjective

5. timeworn ::

timeworn

6. platitudinous ::

platitudinous

7. vapid ::

vapid

8. stale ::

stale

9. tired ::

neta

10. threadbare ::

nechapamusoro

12. banal ::

banal

13. hack ::

Hack

15. hoary ::

vhudzi

16. commonplace ::

chenhando

17. common ::

zvakajairika

18. ordinary ::

zvamazuva ose

19. stock ::

unganidza

20. conventional ::

kwakajairika

21. stereotyped ::

stereotyped

23. unimaginative ::

unimaginative

24. unoriginal ::

unoriginal

25. uninspired ::

uninspired

26. prosaic ::

prosaic

27. dull ::

pakunzwa

28. boring ::

bhowa

30. pedestrian ::

munhu anofamba netsoka

31. run-of-the-mill ::

mhanya-of-the-chigayo

32. boilerplate ::

boilerplate

33. routine ::

urongwa

35. cheesy ::

cheesy

36. corny ::

corny

English to Shona Dictionary: hackneyed

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