1. (

• banal ,
• commonplace ,
• hackneyed ,
• old-hat ,
• shopworn ,
• stock ,
• threadbare ,
• timeworn ,
• tired ,
• trite ,
• well-worn

) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "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'" ;

2. (

• threadbare ,

) having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs" ;