hackneyed

/ˈhækniːd/verb

To wear out a word or expression by using it so often that it loses its freshness.

Example sentence

“Decades of advertising have hackneyed the phrase beyond recovery.”

In practice an adjective: a hackneyed phrase is one worn smooth by overuse, 'cliched' in a single word. From hackney horses, hired out until worn down.

Related words

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