Without freshness or appeal because of overuse

• worn-out

  1. Worn or used until no longer usable or effective.
  2. Thoroughly exhausted; spent.

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• well-worn

  1. Showing signs of much wear or use.
  2. Repeated too often; trite or hackneyed.
  3. Carried or worn in a becoming manner:

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• warmed-over

  1. Warmed up; reheated:
  2. Not new, fresh, or spontaneous; stale.

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• trite

  1. Not evoking interest because of overuse or repetition; hackneyed.

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• tired

  1. Exhausted of strength or energy; fatigued.
  2. Impatient; bored:
  3. Overused; hackneyed:

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• timeworn

  1. Showing the effects of long use or wear:
  2. Used too often; trite:

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• threadbare

  1. Having the nap worn down so that the filling or warp threads show through; frayed or shabby:
  2. Wearing old, shabby clothing.
  3. Overused to the point of being worn out; hackneyed:

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• stereotypical

  1. of or produced by stereotypy
  2. conforming to a stereotype
  3. hackneyed; trite

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• stereotypic

  1. Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a stereotype; stereotypical

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• stereotyped

  1. Lacking originality, creativity, or individuality.
  2. Conforming to a social norm; conventional.
  3. Of or relating to stereotypy:

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• stale

  1. Having lost freshness, effervescence, or palatability:
  2. Lacking originality or spontaneity:
  3. Ineffective or uninspired, usually from being out of practice or from having done the same thing for too long.

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• shopworn

  1. Tarnished, frayed, faded, or otherwise defective from being on display in a store.
  2. Worn-out, as from overuse; trite:

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• platitudinous

  1. Characterised by cliches or platitudes.

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• platitudinal

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• overworked

  1. Being subjected to too much work

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• overused

  1. used too much, or too often
  2. (of a word or phrase) hackneyed or clichéd

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• musty

  1. Stale or moldy in odor or taste.
  2. Hackneyed or trite; dull.
  3. Out of date; antiquated.

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• hackneyed

  1. Overfamiliar through overuse; trite.

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• corny

  1. Trite, dated, melodramatic, or mawkishly sentimental.

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• commonplace

  1. Ordinary; common:
  2. Uninteresting; unremarkable:
  3. A trite or obvious saying; a platitude:

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• clichéd

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• bromidic

  1. Stale, trite, or commonplace through overuse; clichéd:

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