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hackeneyed

hackeneyed is the alternative form of hackneyed.

Meaning of hackneyed

Adjective

hackneyed (comparative more hackneyed, superlative most hackneyed)

  1. Repeated too often.
    • The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.
  2. (dated) Let out for hire.

Forms of hackeneyed

comparativemore hackeneyed
superlativemost hackeneyed

Questions about hackeneyed

What is hackeneyed the alternative form of?
Hackeneyed is the alternative form of hackneyed.

Words near hackeneyed in the dictionary

  1. hackees
  2. Hackel
  3. Hackenberg
  4. Hackenbergs
  5. Hackenbush
  6. hackeneyed
  7. Hackensack
  8. Hackenthorpe
  9. hacker
  10. hackerazzi
  11. hackerdom

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