hackneyed

Definitions

Lacking freshness or originality; trite.

Overused to the point of becoming meaningless or boring.

Examples

The movie's plot was filled with hackneyed tropes that made it entirely predictable.

He tried to write a romantic poem, but the result was just a collection of hackneyed phrases about love.

Synonyms

trite banal overused stale platitudinous threadbare commonplace

Antonyms

original fresh novel innovative unconventional inventive unique