Threadbare
Threadbare adjective - Used or heard so often as to be dull.
Usage example: a novel filled with nothing but threadbare clichés
Unoriginal is a synonym for threadbare in hackneyed topic. In some cases you can use "Unoriginal" instead an adjective "Threadbare".
Unoriginal
Unoriginal adjective - Not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual.
Usage example: "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham
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Related pairs
- old and threadbare
- old and unoriginal
- stock and threadbare
- stock and unoriginal
- stale and threadbare
- stale and unoriginal
- tired and threadbare
- tired and unoriginal
- worn and threadbare
- worn and unoriginal
- commonplace and threadbare
- commonplace and unoriginal
- conventional and threadbare
- conventional and unoriginal
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