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hacknied

hacknied is the obsolete 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.

Questions about hacknied

What is hacknied the obsolete form of?
Hacknied is the obsolete form of hackneyed.

Words near hacknied in the dictionary

  1. hackneyers
  2. hackneying
  3. hackneyman
  4. hackneymen
  5. hackneys
  6. hacknied
  7. hackproof
  8. hackproofed
  9. hackproofing
  10. hackproofs
  11. hacks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hacknied (page history and authors); hackneyed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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