Flat and Hackneyed

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Flat adjective - Being neither more nor less than a certain amount, number, or extent.

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Hackneyed and flat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hackneyed" instead an adjective "Flat".

Nearby Words: flatter, flatly, flatness, flatlet, flatting

Hackneyed adjective - Used or heard so often as to be dull.

Usage example: it's hackneyed, but true—the more you save the more you earn

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Flat and hackneyed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flat" instead an adjective "Hackneyed".

Nearby Word: hackney

Vic's hackneyed joke would fall always completely flat, triggering howling winds, tolling bells and tumbleweed.

Source: So Unfunny, It's Funny

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