Hackney
Hackney adjective - Used or heard so often as to be dull.
Usage example: she quickly learned to ignore her children's hackney complaints like “It isn't fair” and “Why me?”
Imitative and hackney are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Imitative" instead an adjective "Hackney".
Nearby Word: hackneyed
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- stock and hackney
- stock and imitative
- routine and hackney
- routine and imitative
- stale and hackney
- stale and imitative
- tired and hackney
- tired and imitative
- commonplace and hackney
- commonplace and imitative
- threadbare and hackney
- threadbare and imitative
- conventional and hackney
- conventional and imitative
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