hackneyed

• The picture has of course become almost hackneyed, and to describe it further would be superfluous. —  Death of a Ghost - Margery Allingham - Campion 06
• "The paraphernalia of ghosts has become somehow rather hackneyed, and when I hear of screams and skeletons I feel I am on familiar ground, and can at least hide my head under the bed-clothes Ah, but the bed-clothes were twitched away by my skeleton," said I, in self-defence. —  Collected Stories
• Not so much a comment as a hackneyed, left-wing screeching point. —  GayPatriot
• While the premise of the show is weak and hackneyed, CBS has created a show that can compete. —  The Lantern
• You play inside where it's warm, your friends are all invited, you can drink beer and eat pizza, and-best of all-there is something for you and everyone you've invited to focus on and talk about, without resorting to the kind of hackneyed, weather-based conversation that seems to accompany a Canadian winter. —  Vue Weekly

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