Do not use that hackneyed expression in your speech tonight.

Tattoos may give people, in that hackneyed contemporary phrase, "a sense of identity."

The politicians' use of "change for tomorrow" is a hackneyed expression.

(The adjective hackneyed means used too often, or cliche.)

Each time he reported his street light outage, he was given the same hackneyed excuse about a shortage in manpower.

The political campaign featured the same hackneyed examples of patriotic rhetoric.

The problem with expressions is that they become so hackneyed, we're surprised when they come true.

The teacher complained about the hackneyed use of the word nice.
The problem with expressions is that they become so hackneyed, that we're surprised when they come true.

Hackneyed means old, tired, and worn out. Here are some sentences.

• That hackneyed cliche should be avoided in your sentences.
• The idea of dressing up like a pirate is getting hackneyed.
• I don't want to use any hackneyed ideas.