adjective
1. out of fashion
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a suit of rather antique appearance
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demode (or outmoded) attire
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outmoded ideas
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• Similar to: ↑unfashionable, ↑unstylish
• Derivationally related forms: ↑old-fashionedness (for: ↑old-fashioned)
2. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
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bromidic sermons
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his remarks were trite and commonplace
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hackneyed phrases
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a stock answer
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repeating threadbare jokes
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parroting some timeworn axiom
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the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
• Syn:
↑banal, ↑commonplace, ↑hackneyed, ↑shopworn, ↑stock, ↑threadbare, ↑timeworn, ↑tired, ↑trite, ↑well-worn
• Similar to: ↑unoriginal
• Derivationally related forms: ↑triteness (for: ↑trite), ↑commonplace (for: ↑commonplace), ↑banality (for: ↑banal)
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old-hatˈ adjective
Out-of-date
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Main Entry: ↑old
Useful english dictionary. 2012.