[adj] repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
[adj] having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"
Synonyms
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock(a), timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, worn