Meaning : Repeated too often. Overfamiliar through overuse.
Example :
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'.
Synonyms : banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn