hackneyed in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for hackneyed in the English»French Dictionary

hackneyed [Brit ˈhaknɪd, Am ˈhæknid] ADJ

hackneyed joke

éculé

hackneyed subject

rebattu

hackneyed phrase, hackneyed expression

cliché m

hackney cab [Brit hakni ˈkab, Am ˌhækni ˈkæb] N

hackney cab

fiacre m

Translations for hackneyed in the French»English Dictionary

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éculé (éculée)

hackneyed, well-worn attr

rebattu (rebattue)

hackneyed

usé (usée) sujet, plaisanterie

hackneyed

usé jusqu'à la corde fig plaisanterie

hackneyed

réchauffé (réchauffée) histoire, plaisanterie

hackneyed

théorie ressassée

hackneyed theory

expression galvaudée

overused ou hackneyed expression

serpent de mer (histoire)

hackneyed subject

un sujet/une question bateau

a hackneyed subject/question

hackneyed in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for hackneyed in the English»French Dictionary

hackneyed ADJ pej

hackneyed

rebattu(e)

hackney carriage N Brit

hackney carriage

fiacre m

Translations for hackneyed in the French»English Dictionary

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rebattu(e)

hackneyed

réchauffé(e)

hackneyed

fiacre

(hackney) carriage

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

We can get rid of the stereotyped movements and the old hackneyed associations of sound or sense.

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He nicely avoids the hackneyed stuff of so many folk/bluegrass/country performers.

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He also stated that there were hackneyed participles and vague structures, both syntax errors.

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Particular reviews criticised the lack of character development and the film's incoherently hackneyed morality.

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None of them has lifted the film above the level of a hackneyed fiction.

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As early as 1908 it was viewed as a clich or hackneyed phrase.

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They are all the same - flat, hackneyed, synthetic, essentially atmosphereless jumbles of conventional shrieks and mutterings, and superficial mechanical situations.

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The remake neither pays perceptive tribute to the original nor updates it in anything but hackneyed form.

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Now in their place are hackneyed synth passages and down tuned nu-metal style riffing.

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The record plods along, hampered by hackneyed arrangements and production values.

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