[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] depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"
Synonyms
all in(p), aweary, banal, beat(p), blear, blear-eyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bored, burned-out, burnt-out, bushed(p), careworn, commonplace, dead(p), dog-tired, drained, drawn, drooping, exhausted, fagged, fatigued, flagging, footsore, hackneyed, haggard, j