1. repeated too often
overfamiliar through overuse
e.g. 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'
Synonym: banalcommonplacehackneyedold-hatshopwornstock(a)threadbaretiredtritewell-worn